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

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

Aubrey 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 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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