• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    journalism got disappeared off the internet

    Not that it is journalism, but I’ve noticed comment sections have mostly disappeared, as well. Sure, papers can claim it costs money and they have to moderate, etc…but I found it very interesting, for example, that just before the 2024 election, The Denver Post decided to close its comment section for good.

    I’ve seen it in various smaller papers, too.

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      1 month ago

      Interesting…

      I wonder what fraction of the motivation for that disappearing-of-comment-sections was done because of being fed-up with bots,

      vs what fraction of it was motivated by wanting no-diversity-of-perspective…?

      Thank you for this informing…

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