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Is it time to get rid of the comments section? This month the Daily Dot decided it wasn’t worth the trouble and closed theirs down. They follow technology site The Verge, Slate and several other online publishers who are reassessing the need for online comment. But how do you foster engagement and dialogue without inadvertently feeding the trolls in the process? Anne-Marie Tomchak is joined by Nicholas White, the editor of the Daily Dot and Riese, the editor of Autostraddle, an online community for LGBT people.
Comments are also crucial to the appeal of a new live streaming application, Periscope. But we hear how some of the most followed women on the app feel it is leaving them exposed to sexist trolling; and some tips for handling this.

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