I'm pretty sure that they only really exist(ed) because of the page views they generated. If the hassle and value is so low that the extra views don't make financial sense, then ditching them is a good move. I mostly still regret looking "below the fold" at the comments, but I just can't help myself...
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:26 PM Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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, 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/872a2dec-c96e-4f01-b87f-c5d4f5037e2d%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/872a2dec-c96e-4f01-b87f-c5d4f5037e2d%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAD_sJGAy9N3WQA53SCqxh6NPK8PvXtpJeqF8PZPtoC8vud3_SA%40mail.gmail.com.
