The reason why the majority of news sites shut down or vastly scaled back their comments sections was because of stuff like this - people telling them they were wrong. Labelling it trolling or erasing its visibility altogether is part of their desperate attempt to retain information control.
TBH they fucked up by including any of the examples, they should have just got some female employees to talk about how vile and traumatic the messages were, which is the usual play. As usual their cliquish bubbles lead them to overestimate how much of the public they can get to chuckle along with them in sympathy and scorn.
Er, where is the trolling? The abuse? This is on the same level as when police show off their 'confiscated weapons ' and you see a rusty spoon.
The reason why the majority of news sites shut down or vastly scaled back their comments sections was because of stuff like this - people telling them they were wrong. Labelling it trolling or erasing its visibility altogether is part of their desperate attempt to retain information control.
TBH they fucked up by including any of the examples, they should have just got some female employees to talk about how vile and traumatic the messages were, which is the usual play. As usual their cliquish bubbles lead them to overestimate how much of the public they can get to chuckle along with them in sympathy and scorn.