You should have seen the Politico comment section back in the day. Not only was there constant name calling, but it was also filled with the biggest morons on the planet with a complete lack of reading comprehension skills.
Oh I saw it. I don't know what those people think they are accomplishing really. Literally just hurling insults at each other. They must all be 12 years old or something. Which leads me to wonder how this substack (and most substacks) comment sections avoid this form of childish comments. I guess plopping down $5 a month requires some maturity and shows up as such in the comments.
Yes, this space is above-average for a comments section. Not that you can't find some childishness, tribalism and lack of comprehension. But you can get some fact-based discussion here, at least on a good day.
The Hill's comment section has to be the worst one on the internet. Thousands of comments of people calling each other names. Utterly useless.
You should have seen the Politico comment section back in the day. Not only was there constant name calling, but it was also filled with the biggest morons on the planet with a complete lack of reading comprehension skills.
Oh I saw it. I don't know what those people think they are accomplishing really. Literally just hurling insults at each other. They must all be 12 years old or something. Which leads me to wonder how this substack (and most substacks) comment sections avoid this form of childish comments. I guess plopping down $5 a month requires some maturity and shows up as such in the comments.
Yes, this space is above-average for a comments section. Not that you can't find some childishness, tribalism and lack of comprehension. But you can get some fact-based discussion here, at least on a good day.
They are venting in an anonymous forum that lets them be thuggish at will.