[WhitneyLand]

They are off investing time/money in bleeding edge tech, yet they won't innovate or improve the community/commenting system.

Discussion can be huge for engagement, and they have the reach and audience to set a new high watermark in this area.

Instead, you still can't even comment on most articles.

If anyone from NYT reads here I'd love to share some ideas.

[egreene]

The Times is also collaborating with Google Jigsaw on an experiment to automatically moderate comments:

http://www.nytco.com/the-times-is-partnering-with-jigsaw-to-...

https://medium.com/jigsaw/new-york-times-and-jigsaw-partner-...

[aaronkrolik]

You should check out the coral project: https://coralproject.net/

It's the next generation community platform that the Times is working on right now.