Wading into comments sections is like working a moment shift where you willingly subject yourself to attacks from people youve never met It shouldnt be a surprise that I’m not fond of comments sections. I think you’d be tough-pressed to find many female writers who are. On most sites from YouTube to local newspapers – comments are a place where the most noxious thoughts rise to the top and smart conversations are lost in a sea of garbage.
There’s a reason,after all, that the chorus “don’t read the comments” has become ubiquitous among journalists. But whether we’re not to read them, and why have them at all?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com