On: Public broadcasters want to reclaim online spaces ...

[amadeuspagel]

They'll study this forever, but they'll never add a comment section to their websites.

[uniqueuid → amadeuspagel]

Wrong, ARD, the second largest German PSB has had a very lively comment section for ages [1].

Part of the reluctance in setting up comment sections in general is that media orgs are liable for postings there and manual moderation costs a lot of money, unless you outsource that to underpaid, traumatized semi-slaves as Facebook does.

[1] https://meta.tagesschau.de/

[amadeuspagel → uniqueuid]

> Wrong, ARD, the second largest German PSB has had a very lively comment section for ages.

These comments aren't even linked from the articles on the tagesschau.de website.

> Part of the reluctance in setting up comment sections in general is that media orgs are liable for postings there and manual moderation costs a lot of money.

Whatever makes media orgs reluctant to have a comment section (and to show it prominently) also applies to any other public space, so if they can't even handle that, there's no point in having initiatives to think about other public spaces.

[ta1243 → amadeuspagel]

BBC has had comments on its site for over 2 decades

[amadeuspagel → ta1243]

Does it still have comments?

[motogpjimbo → amadeuspagel]

It does, but it turns them off on any article that is even remotely controversial.

[switchbak → amadeuspagel]

CBC had a comment section, and it make the YouTube comment section look civilized in comparison.