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Brave New World: The Arguments Against Online Commentary
Introduction
Online commentary is…
In late 2014, a wave of publishers including The Week and Reuters had joined Popular Science and the Chicago Sun Times in closing their comments section on their website (Ellis, 2015).
This report will look at why these publishers decided to remove the comments section from their website and the risks associated with it. Following this will be some reasons to include online commentary with the benefits it can bring to news and magazine publications. From the information gathered, conclusions will be made and an answer given to the question on whether Brave New World should include online commentary on its website.
The Arguments Against Online Commentary
Uncivil Commentary
http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/why-the-comments-section-of-your-average-website-is-full-of-rage-aggression-rudeness-and-foul-language/story-fnjwnhzf-1227332039091 …show more content…
Due to its robust growth, they found that most of the discussion of the stories they had published was taking place there which made using onsite comments a less attractive option (Mossberg & Swisher, 2014).
When considering that the discussions centred on articles published by magazines will inevitably take place on social media, it begs the question of whether facilitating comments on the magazine’s website is necessary at all.
The Arguments Supporting Online Commentary
Community engagement
The aim of any information-based website is to create engaging content for the organisation’s target audience. The inclusion of online commentary is seen by many as a means to achieve this, allowing the community of readers to participate in discussions and view the opinions of others on certain issues.

Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of technology news network The Verge remarks that his company has decided to include online comments “to have a big community, a vibrant community, and find ways to grow and nurture that community over time”. For a startup company this is an important mission and something that must be strongly considered.

(Reward – build community/audience base)

The drawbacks of off-platform …show more content…
(2014, December 15). Why TheWeek.com is closing the comments section. Retrieved from The Week: http://theweek.com/articles/441774/why-theweekcom-closing-comments-section
Greenslade, R. (2013, August 22). Huffington Post ends commenter anonymity. Retrieved from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/aug/22/huffington-post-ariannahuffington
Gross, D. (2014, November 21). Online comments are being phased out. Retrieved from CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/21/tech/web/online-comment-sections/
Jolkovski, A. (2013, October 4). Online comment moderation: emerging best practices. Retrieved from WAN-IFRA: http://www.wan-ifra.org/reports/2013/10/04/online-comment-moderation-emerging-best-practices
LaBarre, S. (2013, September 24). Why We're Shutting Off Our Comments. Retrieved from Popular Science: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/why-were-shutting-our-comments?src=SOC&dom=tw
Newman, C. M. (2014, 4 12). Sick of Internet comments? Us, too - here's what we're doing about it. Retrieved from Chicago Sun-Times:
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