Reuters Kills Comment Sections
Social media is better for discussing the news, according to the outlet.
Today in an editor’s note, Reuters announced that they are ending comments on news stories because we all talk about the news on Facebook and Twitter anyway. Hmph. Dan Colarusso writes:
We value conversation about the news, but the idea of comments on a website must give way to new realities of behavior in the marketplace. The best place for this conversation is where it is open to the largest number of participants possible.
He links to the Reuters Facebook and Twitter handles for readers to discuss news there and explains that comments will remain open on opinion pieces so that columnists and readers can “exchange ideas on interesting and controversial topics.”
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