Board Thread:Administration/@comment-4832646-20140807195342/@comment-25027816-20140808104544

Ecuinach wrote: You fail to realise that the comments are simply that. Comments. There are intended for a user to post their opinion, not be useful critisim. It's a comment section, not a critique section.

Harassment and that nonsense is obvious, though. That is definately a nono.

Simply put, if you want your story critiqued, put it in WW. Anywhere else, banning comments because they aren't "useful" is pretty damn stupid. I have to agree with Ecu. The comments section is meant for people to post their opinions, that's what it was made for. Also, most of the time, comments are pretty useless. It isn't for criticism, why do you think some sites have a separate  section for that? Because comments =/= criticism. If you're going to get rid of and not allow those types of comments, then you might as well get rid of the comments section all together.

Now, as for the harassment, rp, spam, trolling and all that happy crap, I agree that stuff like that should be unallowed. If it's not allowed in chat what makes people think it's allowed anywhere else on the site? Worthless commentary. Examples include simply giving a rating and nothing else or just saying "This is good!" without leaving an actual comment on the article. And, contrary to popular belief, there is never not somebody who cares. There is always someone who cares, despite your beliefs.