The possibility of reading and commenting on the news from the digital edition of La Vanguardia becomes, starting today, Tuesday, an exclusive service for subscribers. In this way, the aim is to increase the quality of the comments published in this space for debate and exchange of opinions and to promote a more serene and constructive conversation for the newspaper's subscribers.
Comments will continue to be published with the name or alias that the user decides to use, as has been done until now, this part has not changed. The double moderation system has not changed either, which combines an automated part of the commenting tool itself with a review carried out by people who are part of the moderation team. This comment moderation system is responsible for reviewing opinions to eliminate those that violate the rules of participation, such as, for example, uttering insults.
Likewise, the objective for which this service was initially put into operation is maintained. The objective of the comments is and has always been to create a space for discussion that encourages debate on current issues. Although user comments reflect only their opinion, and not that of La Vanguardia, this newspaper has always insisted on the need to respect basic rules of participation in these spaces.
To date, on the La Vanguardia website there are between 5,000 and 7,000 comments a day, in addition to more than 10,000 “like” or “don't like” type interactions in the opinion threads that readers open in the articles. published.
