Changes at the Boston Globe

Changes at the Boston Globe comments policy, published March 9:

We’re experimenting with new ways to generate conversation at Globe Opinion. For the next month, instead of our usual anonymous comments section, we’re inviting you to submit signed 100-word responses to what you read, some of which will get published in our Letters section. On select op-ed columns and editorials we’ll have an audience tool like the one here to collect and publish your feedback.

What do you think about this idea? What would you most like to see in online conversation here and what would entice you to participate?

Ordinary comments appear to still be available at the Globe.

Telegraph limits comments to subscribers only

The Telegraph (based in the UK) has announced a comments policy where only subscribers can post comments, effective April 29. The Wall Street Journal did the same thing last year. (I think The Times of London does the same. Not a subscriber, so not certain.)

The Telegraph had ended comments in 2016, but reinstated them sometime since. The Telegraph also has a set of guidelines for comments.