Comments are often regarded as a right but they can do more harm than good. In the absence of strict moderation, we’d be much better off without them It sits there like an ugly growth beneath articles ...

A story breaks. An NPR reporter writing an online story (not a radio newsmagazine report, where there might be a firmer deadline) attempts to contact a subject of the news. How long is a reasonable ...

No one should be made to feel unsafe, harassed, targeted, abused, or harmed online or off. When it's happening on social media apps, it's up to the platform itself to effectively tackle this. So what ...

Earlier this week, Vice's technology and science news site Motherboard dropped its comments section, opting to replace it with an old school "letters to the editor" feature. Then Reddit launched a ...

Owing to the conflicting effects of anonymity, and in response to the changing nature of online publishing itself, Internet researchers have begun shifting their focus away from anonymity toward other ...

In the 2010s, news publishers couldn’t shut their comment sections fast enough. The space “below the line” had become a noisy, thankless place to spend your time, where bile and bad-faith arguments ...

America welcomes thoughtful, respectful and well-reasoned comments from all of our readers. Our aim is to promote a civil and charitable discourse about topics of the day. To that end, we have a few ...

Go ahead and flaunt those wonderful comments for all to see. Credit: Photo illustration by Omar Marques / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images If you're trying to inject some positivity into ...

On YouTube, highlighted comments serve many purposes. At a basic level, however, they are there to grab your attention so you can interact with the comment. And, for clarification, only you can see ...