Sunny_Angel Report post Posted March 29, 2014 I've been wondering this on the recent plane incident. Most news sites have allowed comments, and these comments are usually pretty lame jokes on what is essentially the death of over 200 people. So on topic, is it insensitive to allow comments on this so quickly? We all know people will joke. And it would be naive to think that the families wouldn't follow news, hoping against hope for updates. So what's your view on this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mopiece Report post Posted March 29, 2014 There will always be the people who are going to be insensitive jerks. You can't really stop that. I usually don't see that many jokes that are in poor taste when it comes to tragic news though. So I don't see any reason to disable comments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bacman136 Report post Posted March 29, 2014 i think comments do more good than harm. mopiece is right, there will always be jerks anywhere you go. but most of the time people can have pretty intense discussions in comments sections or what if someone commented with information on the missing plane.=P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sunny_Angel Report post Posted March 29, 2014 Mopiece wrote: There will always be the people who are going to be insensitive jerks. You can't really stop that. I usually don't see that many jokes that are in poor taste when it comes to tragic news though. So I don't see any reason to disable comments. I do agree that there are only a few. However, and I'm quoting the plane example again, exactly how do comments allow any constructive decision. The best you can hope for is non-hurtful speculation Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aisling Yinyr Ngaio Report post Posted March 30, 2014 I don't see any reason to disable comments on topics like that. There are some who likes to pay their respects on events like these. However, I do think that these news sites should at least have a moderating team to monitor the more insensitive comments. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sunny_Angel Report post Posted March 30, 2014 Again, I do agree that comments should be allowed, to let people pay respect. But let's see, sites like Yahoo have over 10000 comments and a pretty poor moderation system. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aisling Yinyr Ngaio Report post Posted March 30, 2014 Well this is the internet. There will always be douches. What I've also seen is that for every douchey comment there are at least five people who will be like "hey, that's not cool, don't be like that", so it becomes a self-moderating system. But one thing you should really remember is that this is the internet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sunny_Angel Report post Posted March 30, 2014 aislingyngaio wrote: Well this is the internet. There will always be douches. What I've also seen is that for every douchey comment there are at least five people who will be like "hey, that's not cool, don't be like that", so it becomes a self-moderating system. But one thing you should really remember is that this is the internet. I guess you're right about that Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Specter Report post Posted July 27, 2014 You can't get away from the negative effects if you wish so... the internet is a place to express. Sadists do and will continue to make such comments... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ujwal08 Report post Posted September 5, 2014 I guess we could put it in a different point of view. Well, maybe people doing such things are actually not such 'douches' but rather quite ignored people(a possible psychological reason). So, I guess despising them isn't any good. Rather you might like to pity them(or ignore them) for their psychological condition which would be the most annoying thing you could do to them BTW I don't mean to support it in any way, but that's what people do for a few likes and seeking a bit of attention(be that in form of anger). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ms_rayvenn Report post Posted September 7, 2014 I think people should be allowed to speak their minds. That being said, just because you are ALLOWED to do something doesn't necessarily mean you SHOULD. Sometimes people use jokes as a coping mechanism for tragic events, and don't really intend to be mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites