Links to articles about comments.
- Four Ways to Improve the Culture of Commenting - NYTimes.com
- Gawker founder Nick Denton is still trying to reinvent reader comments – and it’s working – Tech News and Analysis
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[Why We’re Shutting Off Our Comments Popular Science](https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/why-were-shutting-our-comments) - George Korda: Anonymous commenters: whether negative or positive, come out of the shadows » Knoxville News Sentinel
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[What is turning so many young men into internet trolls? Media The Observer](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/aug/03/how-to-stop-trolls-social-media?CMP=twt_fd) - Trending: David Goddard: When the few out-yell the many » Knoxville News Sentinel
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[The Reputation of the Internet Stumbles Dr. Leslie Gaines-Ross](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-leslie-gainesross/the-reputation-of-the-int_b_3672978.html?utm_hp_ref=business) - WJLA Removes Comments From Most of Website: DCist
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[Top 12 Signs You’re Dealing With Trolls LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130722211438-2484700-top-12-signs-you-re-dealing-with-trolls) - Note from the editor: The deal on comments » Anderson Independent Mail
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[Friendships cut short on social media as people get ruder: survey Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/10/us-socialmedia-behaviour-survey-idUSBRE9390TO20130410) - Tips on comment management - JackLail.com
- How Do You Respond to Trolls? You Don’t. - 10,000 Words
- New commenting platform on pjstar.com – Editor’s Desk: Words on the Journal Star newsroom and the business of journalism - pjstar.com
- Is ‘conversation management’ a core newsroom function? - JackLail.com
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[North Carolina newspaper cracks down on racial comments JIMROMENESKO.COM](https://jimromenesko.com/2012/11/14/north-carolina-newspaper-bans-racist-comments/) - » Paper turns off comments on crime stories JIMROMENESKO.COM
- Are comments a wretched hive of scum and villainy or an underused resource for publishers? – paidContent
- HuffPo’s new ‘Conversations’ will improve comments — and make money for AOL – paidContent
- Nick Denton is betting the future of advertising is conversational – Tech News and Analysis
- Fixing online comments — how do you automate trust? – paidContent
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[The Verge and The Huffington Post attempt the impossible: making comments smarter PandoDaily](https://pandodaily.com/2013/02/01/the-verge-and-the-huffington-post-attempt-the-impossible-making-comments-smarter/) -
[Racist anti-aboriginal slurs and offensive comments prompt Thompson Citizen to permanently close Facebook page Thompson Thompson Citizen, Thompson, MB](https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/article/20130130/THOMPSON0101/130139999/-1/thompson01/racist-anti-aboriginal-slurs-and-offensive-comments-prompt-thompson) -
[Commenting threads: good, bad, or not at all. A Blog Around The Clock, Scientific American Blog Network](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/2013/01/28/commenting-threads-good-bad-or-not-at-all/) - How Facebook comments do/don’t increase/decrease* trolling for news websites [*Delete as applicable]
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[TechCrunch’s teachable moment: media sites must own the conversation Dan Gillmor Comment is free guardian.co.uk](https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/25/techcrunch-teachable-moment-media-comment) - Commenting on the Internet »
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[Early comments on stories affect what later readers believe, and what they say Poynter.](https://www.poynter.org/how-tos/community-engagement/202035/early-comments-on-stories-set-the-tone-for-what-readers-believe-and-do/) -
[Bill Would Protect Identity of Online Commenters Humphrey on the Hill knoxnews.com](https://blogs.knoxnews.com/humphrey/2013/01/bill-would-protect-identity-of.html) - Not a good 24 hours for Facebook comments
- Are comments just so 2009? - JackLail.com
- Build a ladder of interactivity to engage your readers with your publishing business
- Embedding Google+ Comments on Websites Will Boost Google+ to New Levels
- Are Comments on Websites Effective? : WebPub
- Xark!: Why I shut down comments
- Why comments have been turned off on the FM website. It’s the same reason others have done so. « Fabius Maximus
- Topix won’t protect identity of blogger named in Hawkins County libel lawsuit » Knoxville News Sentinel
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[The Science of Why Comment Trolls Suck Mother Jones](https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/you-idiot-course-trolls-comments-make-you-believe-science-less) - Online story comments affect news perception : CJR
- That’s Not the Way It Is: How User-Generated Comments on the News Affect Perceived Media Bias – Journalist’s Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center
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[Exclusive: Attorney at Law and Digital Marketer Glen Gilmore compares ANCHORFAN](https://www.anchorfan.com/image/exclusive-attorney-at-law-and-digital-marketer-glen-gilmore-compares-uk-and-usa-social-media-law-in-sport-59582.html) - Comment Moderation Tool - Facebook Developers
- Comments - Facebook Developers
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[Newspaper: Don’t even think of slamming us on our Facebook page! JIMROMENESKO.COM](https://jimromenesko.com/2012/08/21/newspaper-dont-even-think-of-slamming-us-on-our-facebook-page/) - What makes a troll tick? You can ask Dr. Troll - Technolog on msnbc.com
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[How Gawker wants to monetize comments Felix Salmon](https://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/05/22/how-gawker-wants-to-monetize-comments/) -
[New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech Threat Level Wired.com](https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/anonymous-online-speech-ban/) - `This is vindication’
- Inside Forbes: Love ‘em or Hate ‘em, Comments Are Critical to Media Success in a Social World - Forbes
- Nick Denton wants to turn the online media world on its head – Tech News and Analysis
- Comments are Bad Business for Online Media – ANIMAL
- How online comments prime readers’ perceptions of negative news
- How to Get Past Times Moderators - NYTimes.com
- The ‘tragedy of comments’ - JackLail.com
- Have online comment sections become ‘a joke’? - CNN.com
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[Daily Dot Gawker Media’s Nick Denton comments on](https://www.dailydot.com/business/gawker-media-nick-denton-tragedy-of-comments/) - Gawker Will Deputize Commenters, Says Sheriff Nick Denton - Liz Gannes - Media - AllThingsD
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[Gawker Founder Nick Denton Plans To Revamp Site’s Comment Strategy Adweek](https://www.adweek.com/news/press/nick-denton-tragedy-comments-138881) - Scripting News: What is Relative Writing?
- Scripting News: No comment
- The Washington Post tries a new weapon to fight the trolls: humans » Nieman Journalism Lab
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[Washington Post cracks down on bad comments Poynter.](https://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/161358/washington-post-cracks-down-on-bad-comments/) - Who Will Win the Race to Build the Web’s Best Real-Name Identity Service?
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[Gerber: Our online comments policy is changing timesfreepress.com](https://timesfreepress.com/news/2012/jan/01/gerber-our-online-comments-policy-changing/) - Gannett Blog: GCI switching all sites to Facebook commenting
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[The case of anonymity in social media TechRepublic](https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/tech-manager/the-case-of-anonymity-in-social-media/7025) - Obit for a Flaming Troll - Noise - Jackson Free Press: Jackson, Mississippi
- The New York Times Loves Some Readers More Than Others - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Gannett requiring Facebook for posting
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[Comments on Your Website: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly The City Wire](https://www.thecitywire.com/index.php?q=node/19016)