September 25, 2013
YOU CAN TELL IT'S SCIENCE BECAUSE IT CAN'T WITHSTAND DISAGREEMENT:
The Case for Banning Internet Commenters (DEREK THOMPSON, SEP 24 2013, Atlantic)
Another study found that even simple disagreements between commenters "impacted readers' perception of science," wrote Suzanne LaBarre, PopSci's online content director.Like a narrow Supreme Court opinion, PopSci's defense was case-specific, without presuming to tell other sites they should follow along. Comments "erode the popular consensus" on scientifically validated topics, LaBarre wrote, such as climate change and evolution.
Sublime.
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 25, 2013 6:08 PM
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