Post by mecano04 on Jul 6, 2018 22:17:34 GMT
I have never used that particular comments section but this seems to be the trend everywhere, which is a shame. I often find the readers' comments quite entertaining and very informative as well (if not about the facts, then about what the people think of the issue).
First major one I saw, sport related, was the whole forums closing on NFL.Com (yes, the official NFL site had forums at some point).
To this day it still had the most epic thread I've ever seen on any site. It was in the Fantasy Football section and the title was "My 13 years old is in tears because of NFL.com". It was 100% real, a dad complaining about how his Internet issues combined with the draft process for the Fantasy League, resulted in a spoiled moment for his 13 years old daughter and him. 40+ pages and everything from football to family values to cats to Jesus. The actual OP left after page 3 but it kept rolling.
Anyway, it happened about 5 years ago, if my memory is good but I do remember that the reasons listed were exactly what we were given for IMDB and all the others (like Cyberpresse).
The usual "times have changed", "the experience isn't good anymore for our users", "It costs money and time"... I don't need to translate all that do I?