Diminishing returns as story comment volume grows
An My point is simply that a larger audience automatically leads to a conversation of lesser value, relative to the number of participants.
The post is pretty thoughtful and compelling and doesn’t come off like the typical screed against story comments. It makes a lot of sense, actually. Yeah, of course: The more comments, the more likely some of it is going to be garbage.
I suppose you can always make the case that story comments are entertaining, too. They’re not just designed to be informative.
The blogger numbers Haaretz.com, USA Today, the Daily Mail among the worst offenders.
Also thought the graph was interesting, suggesting the “economics of story comments.”
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