Avoiding the Comment Section

[Big D]

The Onion knows the score:

Local Idiot To Post Comment On Internet | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

[Mo-Nercy]

YouTube comments are often more entertaining than the video.


I must admit that I do get involved on occasion. I love a good flame every now and again.

[Shiny]

I forget what site I was on but literally all the comments were hilarious. It almost made me think that the writers themselves commented on their own article. Maybe it was The Onion actually.

[Kalevala]

If there is a "top rated" option I'll read the first five comments or so. Other than that I try to steer clear. Humans are awful.

[The Man]

I used to take that approach but sometimes the top rated comments are still awful. Sometimes if there's a comment rating system I'll look at the top comment and extrapolate from that whether it's worth continuing, but other times I won't even bother.

[Jiro]

The comments section on news articles are abysmal. It strikes me as weird that people who are reading the news with enough passion to comment on it are so severely under educated. Granted, the media does have to shoulder some blame but gee whiz.

[Kalevala]

I used to take that approach but sometimes the top rated comments are still awful. Sometimes if there's a comment rating system I'll look at the top comment and extrapolate from that whether it's worth continuing, but other times I won't even bother.

Agreed. Although with the "top rated" approach you get to see what may actually be worthwhile comments, as well as what all the stupid people think is best without having to weed through all their bulltrout.

I don't mind reading what idiots have to say, as long as I don't have to waste a lot of time in doing so.

[KentaRawr!]

If the article or video has anything to do with racism, sexism, heteronormativity, or the LGBTQA community then I head straight for the comments before I even read the article or watch the video.

That's pretty much the exact opposite of what you should ever do. Don't do it.