IHE eliminates comments

[Wahoo Redux]

Those comments were just as often a trainwreck anyway.

[lalochezia]

the comments became cesspools of ill-informed trumpoid and sealioning shitbags

good f** riddance

[polly_mer]

the comments became cesspools of ill-informed trumpoid and sealioning shitbags

good f** riddance

Clearly, we weren't reading the same comments, because not the majority of what I read.

[downer]

There is no way in hell that I'm using Reddit. Presumably very few others will be tempted to go there regularly.

[polly_mer]

Does IHE have the responsibility to share the effects of eliminating comments: https://www.reddit.com/r/InsideHigherEd/comments/idwprm/does_ihe_have_a_responsibility_to_share_the


The letters to the editor column in IHE already has several entries on this topic: https://www.insidehighered.com/views#letters-to-the-editor

[stemer]

Ewww, Reddit. So glad we have a forum.

This fora platform has offered a smooth transition from the CHE. But don't ....knock Reddit.  It has some delicious features, such as upvotes/downvotes, setting reminders (rather than having to post/reply just to get future comments), and user blocking.

[polly_mer]

Ewww, Reddit. So glad we have a forum.

This fora platform has offered a smooth transition from the CHE. But don't ....knock Reddit.  It has some delicious features, such as upvotes/downvotes, setting reminders (rather than having to post/reply just to get future comments), and user blocking.

Doesn't 'notify' work here for notices on future comments?

Have you tried the 'ignore user' feature so you don't see what the ignored person posts in the main thread?

[TreadingLife]

the comments became cesspools of ill-informed trumpoid and sealioning shitbags

good f** riddance

I was today years old when I learned about sealioning.

The more you know!