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jeffgoldwarf

I really wish you guys would stop appending every single article and news post with a plea for your readers to engage in the comments section below. Internet comments in general are sleazy, harmful, pointless wastes of space and bandwidth, and only the most obnoxious and vile fraction of any site's readership actually participates in them. A brief glance "below the fold" at Nintendolife shows your situation is no different, and you are doing a disservice to everyone with your desperate attempts to foster community engagement. It's hard enough to ignore the giant pile of reeking garbage that is the comments section peaking its head up from below every single post without you incessantly reminding us that it exists.

On that note, I wish Nintendo itself would follow this advice, considering the amount of disgusting, hateful vitriol you see in the comments section of literally EVERY SINGLE ONE of their YouTube videos.

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jeffgoldwarf wrote:

I really wish you guys would stop appending every single article and news post with a plea for your readers to engage in the comments section below.

I'm not sure what "pleas" you are reading...

Internet comments in general are sleazy, harmful, pointless wastes of space and bandwidth, and only the most obnoxious and vile fraction of any site's readership actually participates in them.

As a moderator, I've seen plenty of reasonable discussions in posts and forum threads. And if you think comments are pointless, then why are you posting here?

A brief glance "below the fold" at Nintendolife shows your situation is no different, and you are doing a disservice to everyone with your desperate attempts to foster community engagement.

People will post comments either way.

It's hard enough to ignore the giant pile of reeking garbage that is the comments section peaking its head up from below every single post without you incessantly reminding us that it exists.

By reading the last sentence in the post, you can most likely see "Comments" below it.

On that note, I wish Nintendo itself would follow this advice, considering the amount of disgusting, hateful vitriol you see in the comments section of literally EVERY SINGLE ONE of their YouTube videos.

On that note, Nintendo and its moderation has no relevance to this site.

If you truly do not wish to look at comments, then don't look at them.

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jeffgoldwarf

Unca_Lz wrote:

I'm not sure what "pleas" you are reading...

Are you serious? From the first six posts currently on the front page:

Will you be tuning in? If so, what device will you be using — your trusty 3DS, perhaps? Or maybe your Wii U console? Let us know with a comment.

Those are your choices for this week, North America. Let us know if you're planning to pick any of these up in the poll and comments below.

It's certainly a unique way to advertise the game, but will it prove effective, or just weird people out? Let us know your opinion by posting a comment.

Let us know if you like the lines and styling of the Mario Kart 8 Race Wheel in the comments below, or if you feel that Nintendo should have tried something a little more different this time around.

What are your thoughts on this topic? Let us know with a comment.

Have you ever read the site before?

Unca_Lz wrote:

And if you think comments are pointless, then why are you posting here?

I think comments are worse than pointless - they're actively harmful.

Unca_Lz wrote:

On that note, Nintendo and its moderation has no relevance to this site.

Uh, ok, which is why I mentioned it as an aside at the end of my post, and it does speak to the problematic nature of comments at large.

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