‘PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS’: COMMENTING CULTURES ACROSS PLATFORMS

Abidin, C; Van der Nagel, E; Johns, A; Bailo, F; Rodriguez, A; Valdovinos-Kaye, B; Wikstrom, P; Gerrard, Y; Leaver, T

‘PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS’: COMMENTING CULTURES ACROSS PLATFORMS

Abidin, C Van der Nagel, E Johns, A Bailo, F

Rodriguez, A Valdovinos-Kaye, B Wikstrom, P Gerrard, Y Leaver, T

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Citation:: AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2020
Issue Date:: 2020-10-05

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dc.contributor.author	Abidin, C
dc.contributor.author	Van der Nagel, E
dc.contributor.author	Johns, A
dc.contributor.author	Bailo, F https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5971-1921
dc.contributor.author	Rodriguez, A
dc.contributor.author	Valdovinos-Kaye, B
dc.contributor.author	Wikstrom, P
dc.contributor.author	Gerrard, Y
dc.contributor.author	Leaver, T
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-26T06:37:44Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-26T06:37:44Z
dc.date.issued	2020-10-05
dc.identifier.citation	AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research, 2020
dc.identifier.issn	2162-3317
dc.identifier.issn	2162-3317
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162725
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>An old adage about the internet goes “Don’t Read The Comments”. It is a cynical word of caution from supposedly more experienced and savvy internet users, against a slew of negative, abusive, and unhelpful comments that are usually rampant online, stemming from trolling behaviour (Phillips 2015). “Don’t Read The Comments” has become an internet meme. Alongside parody websites (i.e. @AvoidComments n.d.), trawling through the comments section in search of ludicrosity has become an internet genre in and of itself. This comprises the likes of meme factory ‘The Straits Times Comment Section’ which collates absurd comments from users on a specific newspaper’s Facebook page (STcomments n.d.), as well as internet celebrity troll commentators like ‘American Ken’ M (Know Your Meme n.d.) and Singaporean ‘Peter Tan’ (Yeoh 2018), who post comments on a network of social media and fora in stealthily satirical ways that have even been co-opted for advertorials (Vox 2016). Such vernacular practice has in turn provoked a counter-genre of memes known as “I’m just Here For The Comments” (Tenor n.d.), in which users closely follow social media posts mainly for the resulting discussion and engagement in the comments section rather than the actual post itself. It is on this point of departure that this panel turns its focus to commenting cultures across platforms.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	University of Illinois Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof	AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.5210/spir.v2020i0.11109
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dc.title	‘PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS’: COMMENTING CULTURES ACROSS PLATFORMS
dc.type	Journal Article
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Digital and Social Media
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dc.date.updated	2022-10-26T06:37:42Z
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Abstract:

An old adage about the internet goes “Don’t Read The Comments”. It is a cynical word of caution from supposedly more experienced and savvy internet users, against a slew of negative, abusive, and unhelpful comments that are usually rampant online, stemming from trolling behaviour (Phillips 2015). “Don’t Read The Comments” has become an internet meme. Alongside parody websites (i.e. @AvoidComments n.d.), trawling through the comments section in search of ludicrosity has become an internet genre in and of itself. This comprises the likes of meme factory ‘The Straits Times Comment Section’ which collates absurd comments from users on a specific newspaper’s Facebook page (STcomments n.d.), as well as internet celebrity troll commentators like ‘American Ken’ M (Know Your Meme n.d.) and Singaporean ‘Peter Tan’ (Yeoh 2018), who post comments on a network of social media and fora in stealthily satirical ways that have even been co-opted for advertorials (Vox 2016). Such vernacular practice has in turn provoked a counter-genre of memes known as “I’m just Here For The Comments” (Tenor n.d.), in which users closely follow social media posts mainly for the resulting discussion and engagement in the comments section rather than the actual post itself. It is on this point of departure that this panel turns its focus to commenting cultures across platforms.

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