It's not just page views. It's creating a sense of community. Newspapers have lost their connection to the community. The problem is that it becomes tribal. The different factions of the political spectrum attack each other, sometimes allying with another faction against a common enemy. Nevada is a hotbed of Libertarianism and many of their views (pro-choice, legal drugs, gay rights) directly conflict with the Christian right. But they will gang up on Socialists. Casual readers will come in to offer their Two Cents and will find themselves caught in a gang fight.
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 1:54 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm pretty sure that they only really exist(ed) because of the page views > they generated. If the hassle and value is so low that the extra views > don't make financial sense, then ditching them is a good move. I mostly > still regret looking "below the fold" at the comments, but I just can't > help myself... > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:26 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is a ridiculous amount of labor moderating something only a sliver of >> readers participate in. Plus they tend to be hate magnets and that turns of >> a good portion of the readership, some of whom stop reading the articles >> altogether. >> >> On Feb 25, 2020, at 1:03 PM, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> It's a systematic thing throughout the Advance-Newhouse organization... >>> >>> >>> https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2020/02/lehighvalleylivecom-removing-comments-from-site-on-thursday.html >>> (link) >>> >>> https://www.nj.com/news/2020/02/njcom-removing-comments-from-site-on-thursday.html >>> (link) >>> >>> https://www.al.com/news/2020/02/end-of-an-era-comments-end-on-alcom-on-thursday.html >>> (link) >>> >>> the exact figures vary, but consistently suggest only single-digit >>> percentages of viewers look at comments, while *hundredths of one >>> percent* reply to them. >>> >>> NBD... social-media posts at reporters get far more looks. >>> >>> B >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/872a2dec-c96e-4f01-b87f-c5d4f5037e2d%40gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/872a2dec-c96e-4f01-b87f-c5d4f5037e2d%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAy9N3WQA53SCqxh6NPK8PvXtpJeqF8PZPtoC8vud3_SA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGAy9N3WQA53SCqxh6NPK8PvXtpJeqF8PZPtoC8vud3_SA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yxr8V6Bo3PMTtZrdHyk8HfHncaXBefs9f8PVn2NkDedDg%40mail.gmail.com.
