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    Letters: The Comments Apocalypse

    Readers disagree about the merits of The Atlantic’s new online Letters section, and the decision to end comments.
    by The Conversation Feb 08, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: NYPL

    We Want to Hear From You

    Last week, Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic’s editor in chief, announced the creation of a new online Letters section, and the related decision to shut down comments on TheAtlantic.com. “We are choosing now to elevate respectful, intelligent discourse and argument,” he wrote. “We want smart and critical readers to have a more visible role on our site, and we’re looking forward to hearing from you, and publishing you.”

    I had two conflicting thoughts about the news regarding s decision to shutter their comments section.

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