# WaPo readers - no more comments on Opinion pieces? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** magazines-newspapers\ **Created:** [May 1, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691 "2026-05-01T11:27:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/1 "2026-05-01T11:27:08Z")
Am I missing something, or has the WaPo disabled commenting on opinion pieces? The Ed Board is pretty firmly stuck up the Orange Moronic Menace’s behind, but I actually like reading the comments now and then - there’s some pretty good and insightful people there. Wonder if chickenshit Bezos couldn’t handle the intelligent beatdowns he and his idol were getting … ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/2 "2026-05-01T13:06:20Z")
Not surprising. Hasn’t Bezos been steadily enshittifying it and taking away more and more editorial control? It’s just another billionaire mouthpiece at this point, no? Democracy died in darkness, indeed. I guess every techbro CEO these days needs their own ~~communications~~ propaganda platform. Probably helps them get onto Epstein Island. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/3 "2026-05-01T13:22:54Z")
I just checked and I’m seeing comments on editorial pieces, including ones by the Editorial Board. (This is, of course, on the Washington Post website.) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/4 "2026-05-02T13:13:51Z")
Looking at the WaPo website, I’m seeing the comments option on about half the opinion pieces. Comments often won’t be allowed on _all_ articles in any publication. What led you to ~~jump to this conclusion~~ ask the question? > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > (This is, of course, on the Washington Post website.) Where else would the OP be talking about?? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/5 "2026-05-02T13:23:44Z")
No idea but I wasn’t sure where the OP was reading the opinion pieces. It was odd that I was seeing comments but the OP didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/6 "2026-05-02T13:44:35Z")
Maybe you have to be a logged in subscriber in order to see the comments? I don’t know either. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/7 "2026-05-02T13:56:16Z")
If that matters, yes, I am a paid digital subscriber. Edited to add, I went to the Washington Post website in an incognito window and still saw the number of comments listed for one of the opinion columnists, though it was behind the prompt to subscribe. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/8 "2026-05-02T20:21:55Z")
Yeah, that was weird, I can see them today. I am a subscriber and was signed in, there was just … no comments section. Ah well, a temporary glitch somewhere, maybe Adblock getting wires crossed. But, I can sure see it happening in today’s insane world. That makes me incredibly sad and angry. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/9 "2026-05-02T20:33:15Z")
So you’re sad and angry over nothing real? ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/10 "2026-05-02T20:35:50Z")
No, If you read what I said, I’m sad and angry that the current goings on in the world of politics and media has made me even QUESTION whether or not the comments thing was just a glitch or yet another attempt to silence open discourse. Honestly, I’m not a total moron … 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/11 "2026-05-02T21:09:36Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Maybe you have to be a logged in subscriber in order to see the comments? You have to be a logged-in subscriber just to see the paper. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/12 "2026-05-04T20:15:24Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > You have to be a logged-in subscriber just to see the paper. Mostly, yeah. Look, many papers stopped giving out endorsements for president, as it was more or less pointless, so why do it? ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/13 "2026-05-04T20:59:10Z")
In the David Ignatius Q&A today, he mentioned that a technical issue was messing with WaPo comments these past few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wapo-readers-no-more-comments-on-opinion-pieces/1029691/14 "2026-05-05T03:03:14Z")
Oh, I missed that. Thanks!