[InsideOutSanta]

Yeah, this whole genre of products is an example of the Happy Path fallacy.

There are studies showing that comments on articles erode the trust readers have in these articles. Given the quality of the average comment, it's likely that comment systems on most sites make people both dumber and angrier.

So I think the idea of forcing comments (or user-contributed links) on sites that don't want comments is fundamentally problematic.

Personally, I don't want random people on the Internet putting links on my articles. If you want to discuss what I write, or provider additional context, or disagree, then do it on your own site, or in a public place like Hacker News, not on my site.

[EasyMark]

Most of the comment sections I’ve seen on news sites(for example) are filled with vitriol and are virtually useless except for trolls who demand to be heard. I always block them with ublock