POLL: Is posting an article, WITHOUT allowing any comments, a form of super trolling?

I agree. I think it is up to the author, unless Newsvine has a problem with it. For publicity, the Newsvine staff might want all the comments for "participation."

I've never posted an article without commenting, so could someone please answer these questions:

• Can you still use the "!" to flag the article as inaccurate or spam?
• Can you still vote for the article?

In any case, it certainly absolves the author/seeder from having to moderate. That may be useful in certain situations.

ryoushi

Why do you not just ignore the articles? Or write an article in response?

Not every article written has to be up for debate. Some people will write a personal story or an opinion piece on whatever just to have their voice heard but don't feel like going into a whole big back and forth over it. Guess what? That's perfectly okay. If it wasn't, viners would not have the option to close comments to begin with?

No one is forcing others to go to those articles and read them and if you do and it freaks you out -that- much that comments aren't open, I think you may be taking things a little too seriously here on the vine. No one is stopping you from writing your own article or making your own voice heard on whatever topics interest you so it's not like you don't have an outlet or your voice is somehow being silenced.

My advice to people who freak out that someone decides to not allow comments on their article is:

Get. Over. It.

Doing a project for NV I also noticed that we have this option of not allowing comments. I wouldn't consider it super trolling but it does hinder the author's noticeably on NV. I for one wouldn't mind seeing it changed to allow comments since it does contradict the whole motto of NV "Get smarter here" When your not getting others to respond and give their opinion on the subject.

However I've never seen anyone do it so this is the first I have even heard anyone doing such a thing.

I see nothing wrong with Newsvine effectively offering both discussion thread and blogs.

I have seen this happen only twice and I thought it rather odd but it is within their rights to do so.

I have voted "Allowed" because I believe in free speech.

If someone wants to tell me something but doesn't want to hear what anyone else thinks about it, then I am free to ignore them.

Which I would.

It's almost like watching someone else eat cake, knowing you can't have any.! I can understand why our author is saddened by the inability to post comments.