Why does News24 only have a comment box on certain articles

[conezone]

I call bull****

 

[Molokai]

Is it not only the articles submitted by users that are open to comments?

General News does not have comments.

 

[sox63]

I call bull****

Judging by your OP, look in the mirror and you will know why.

 

[Grimspoon]

Because otherwise they would have to sift through thousands of moronic comments and actually never get anything else done.

 

[hyperian]

I think they might have identified issues which mostly generate unsuitable and offensive comments. Perhaps they disable comments for articles which touch on these issues.

 

[Nod]

Because their site can handle only so much carp in one day?

 

[theratman]

I think they might have identified issues which mostly generate unsuitable and offensive comments. Perhaps they disable comments for articles which touch on these issues.

Very true!