First of all, this has nothing to do with automobiles, so I don't know if this is the right place to post.
@Mods, if you find it irrelevant, please delete the thread.
Coming back to the main subject, I casually stumbled across a
Rediff article. The news item is fine, but the "comments" section that follows the article is horrible. There is open war of words with extremely low level comments, derogatory to various communities. People are pouring so much of hatred that after reading through some posts, I lost my senses and was tempted to take up a side.
Do we really need these "comments" sections, which are extremely loosely moderated? Isn't yellow journalism and TV/media sufficient to pollute minds of reader/viewers? What purpose do these sections serve other than inadvertently spreading hatred among reader?
I have seen such things many times on Rediff and Cricinfo (and few other portals). They neither provide any new knowledgeable perspective nor are representative of the society. There no meaningful discussion and no value addition for the reader.
I hope against hope that, some common sense will prevail some day and these so called "feedback" sections are done away forever.