OLD Media Moves

Business Insider drops comments from articles

November 8, 2016

Posted by Chris Roush

business-insider-logo_full_600Business Insider has joined other websites in dropping the comments function at the end of its articles.

Mario Ruiz, a spokesman for the business news website, told Talking Biz News:

Over time the value of our comments section has diminished, with a small but outspoken group increasingly resorting to name-calling and worse. Meanwhile the emergence of social media provides a place for conversations about our stories, and we feel comfortable that readers are able to share their thoughts on social platforms. We will be evaluating a number of commenting alternatives but have no timetable for a new approach.

Other business and financial news sites that have dropped comments in the past year include Recode and Reuters.

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