It is a ridiculous amount of labor moderating something only a sliver of readers participate in. Plus they tend to be hate magnets and that turns of a good portion of the readership, some of whom stop reading the articles altogether.
On Feb 25, 2020, 1:03 PM, at 1:03 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >It's a systematic thing throughout the Advance-Newhouse organization... > > >https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2020/02/lehighvalleylivecom-removing-comments-from-site-on-thursday.html > >(link) >https://www.nj.com/news/2020/02/njcom-removing-comments-from-site-on-thursday.html > >(link) >https://www.al.com/news/2020/02/end-of-an-era-comments-end-on-alcom-on-thursday.html > >(link) > >the exact figures vary, but consistently suggest only single-digit >percentages of viewers look at comments, while *hundredths of one >percent* >reply to them. > >NBD... social-media posts at reporters get far more looks. > >B > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >To view this discussion on the web visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e2042a1e-4d48-45a4-900d-b71c6fc7b212%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/872a2dec-c96e-4f01-b87f-c5d4f5037e2d%40gmail.com.
