Newspaper features daily had between 1,000 and 1,500 comments to the articles. After long assessments, closes the editors now kommentarfeltene with immediate effect. The conclusion is that the current solution does not make someone satisfied.
– We have tried to moderate and take action to create a more constructive debate, but we see now that it is too difficult. In its current form, adds that for small positive, ” says news director Erik Stephansen to Medier24.
” follow after the Newspaper which closed their comments section already in 2016.
Nyhetsredaktøren experience that people instead call each other idiots and ruining the debate than to contribute to the political debate. Responsible editor Gunnar ° ken stavrum says, today there are so many channels to express itself in that there is no longer so important with debattfelt in relation to the newspaper.
As a replacement for the current comment field will ” instead of launching an opportunity for readers to submit short statements that will be considered before they can be published.
– We get between 1,000 and 1,500 comments every day. There are many good comments there, but they drown in the amount of them that are not so good. What we can offer instead, is to highlight the good comments, ” says Stephansen.
Listhaug-adviser is a journalist in Nettavisen
