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Stefan Bohacek
Stefan Bohacek
@stefan@stefanbohacek.online  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

Interesting perspective.

"The rush to vilify and eliminate the comment section ignored, as Ben notes, that a subscription to news outlets doesn’t just have to provide access to journalism, it can feature participation in journalism."

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/whoops-websites-realize-that-killing-their-comment-sections-was-a-mistake/

Via https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xtg6uhgsy2j7k2a6qtcood2w/post/3mdxqtevkxc2x

#news #internet #TheWeb #comments #SocialMedia

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Whoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A Mistake

So for years we pointed out how the trend of news websites killing off their comment section (usually because they were too cheap or lazy to creatively manage them) was counterproductive.…
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