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We're Getting Rid of Comments on VICE.com(vice.com)

almost 7 years ago from Sam Solomon, Staff Product Designer at Salesloft

  • Jim SilvermanJim Silverman, almost 7 years ago

    Wow. Turned their whole site into a safe space.

    what? no, they simply got tired of moderating the cesspool that is their comment section. this is certainly understandable and made very clear in the article.

    vice isn't a place, it's a magazine. they're under no obligation to host discourse of any kind. feel free to flame them on the appropriate channels.

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    • Aubrey JohnsonAubrey Johnson, almost 7 years ago

      Seems like so many other online content distribution entities didn't have this problem though. I think that's the issue people take here.

      New York Times, WaPo, CNN, Wall St Journal, Fox, MSNBC, Mail Online, The Guardian, USA Today, BBC News, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Tumblr - all seem to continue reporting news and delivering content WITH comments. Hell "YouTube comment section" is even a meme in and of itself.

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      • Jim SilvermanJim Silverman, almost 7 years ago (edited almost 7 years ago )

        New York Times, WaPo, CNN, Wall St Journal, Fox, MSNBC, Mail Online, The Guardian, USA Today, BBC News

        these are huge media entities that dedicate a significant amount of resources to moderating comments. several simply outsource their comments to Facebook.

        The Guardian actually wrote an essay on how shitty, complex, and futile comment moderation is. damned if you moderate, damned if you don't. eliminating comments entirely was likely the best product decision Vice could make in this situation.

        YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Tumblr

        these are not publications, they're entirely user-driven sites and not relevant to this discussion.

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