Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Getty ImagesConstituents react after U.S. Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ) responded to questions during a town hall event at the Edward Nash Theater on the campus of Raritan Valley Community College on Feb. 25, 2017 in Branchburg, New Jersey. There’s a reason that news sites’ comment sections are second only to YouTube’s as the most stereotypically awful places for discourse on the internet. Most sites, including The Denver Post’s, use one of a handful of free commenting systems that — like rich manure — are fertile battlegrounds for all manner of trolls, racists and spam artists. The result, after three years and 2 million comments posted in our current system, was a space dominated by a few loud voices, a lot of junk and endless bickering — with very little room for civil discussion by people in our community. But in our current social and political climate, the community needs a public place to discuss the world we live in that isn’t inside the bubble of self-selected Facebook feeds, and one that is safer from trolls and bots. So beginning May 23, commenting on denverpost.com articles will be handled by a service called Civil Comments. The system is unique and one we think will create a truly engaging community that we hope you’ll join. How It Works With Civil Comments, you’ll be asked to rate the civility of several other comments from the site — and then your own comment — before you’re allowed to submit it.
Our Article Comments Have Been A Cesspool Of Trolls And Spam For Years. Enter Civil Comments.
Daniel J. Schneider, Eric Lubbers, Denver Post: Business
Mon, 05/22/2017 - 9:43pm
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