Last week, during a transition to our new content management system, we noticed some glitches in the commenting section and stopped allowing comments, temporarily, we assumed. Since then, the only emails we’ve received about the change have been in favor of leaving comments out permanently. We actually noticed a turn in the degree of venom in some comments (right after the debate) just before we shut them off and it alarmed us a bit.
The next few months promise to be eventful in U.S. politics and since most of the rough comments have a political undertone we wonder if it might be time to join virtually all large media sites and end comments. It’s not something we were even considering before this forced pause but it seems to be the popular move. Please vote in the two-question poll but we’ve also switched on the comments for this feature only so you can nicely and respectfully expand on your answer. This poll will inform a future decision but it won’t be the only consideration.
Note: Comments may appear with your email address rather than your username, which is the glitch we are monitoring.
