news websites made a mistake when they killed on-site comment sections and outsourced all audience interaction to hyper-scaled, badly-run trash fires like Facebook
[Whoops, Websites Realize That ...](https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/03/whoops-websites-realize-that-killing-their-comment-sections-was-a-mistake/ )
Karl Bode
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2026-02-03 16:11:54 UTC
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