September 24, 2013
Popular Science Decides To Shut Off Article Comments, Citing ‘Decades-Long War On Expertise’
Popular Science (PopularScience.com) has decided to shut off their article comments, saying trolls and spambots undermine their science reporting. “Comments can be bad for science,” writes Suzanne LaBarre, who goes on to cite research that shows a minority of uncivil commenters have the power to change perceptions of a story.