# Are Comments Sections Always Stupid **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-comments-sections-always-stupid/629154 "2012-07-23T18:59:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-comments-sections-always-stupid/629154/41 "2012-07-30T19:20:20Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > But there are people spouting both on the internet, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you spend too much time worrying about it, you will get nothing done. > > It’s also useful to remember that you can’t reason someone _out_ of a position that they didn’t reason themselves _into_. Thanks. 🙂 I guess the reason why I’m upset (or annoyed) in particular is because 1) NYT’s comments section gets moderated and 2) my replies rarely (if almost ever get replied). ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-comments-sections-always-stupid/629154/42 "2012-07-31T16:40:19Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Thanks. 🙂 I guess the reason why I’m upset (or annoyed) in particular is because 1) NYT’s comments section gets moderated and 2) my replies rarely (if almost ever get replied). I bet the moderators just skim the comments looking for obvious spam or abuse. Most people only read so many comments in a comments section. If your comments are below where most people stop reading, they probably won’t get replied. You want intelligent commentary and debate, stay here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-comments-sections-always-stupid/629154.md?page=2)