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Dear Reader, We’re Closing Comments The Independent Online is South Africa’s “premier online news source.” The above is how it headlined a transformative open letter to readers yesterday, becoming the latest on a growing list of news sites and weblogs banning comments. Here, in part, is how the editor explained IOL’s reason for doing so:… Read more.

National Journal said Friday that it would ‘join the growing number of sites that are choosing to forgo public comments on most stories.’ Editor-in-chief Tim Grieve wrote that negative user comments on its website have “cheapened” and “debased” the reader experience. ‘For every smart argument, there’s a round of ad hominem attacks — not just… Read more.