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Re:Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source c... by ZenoArrow on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:39PM (#15233077)
I'd suggest that the article gives enough clues about why this Mozilla Talk solution is as beneficial to news sites as it is for their readers, but you have to consider who they're competing against. Do you think this has benefits for news sites over the solutions that players like Disqus and Facebook put out?
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Re:Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source c... by smcnally on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @03:16AM (#15236179)
Also: maintaining direct relationships with some of their most loyal and valuable customers is key for news sites. Relinquishing that relationship to Fb, Disqus, Reddit, et al. can add friction to their business -- their ability to generate revenue from and Talk with their readers and community.

https://digiday.com/media/times-london-finds-commenters-valu...

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Re:Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source c... by jonathankoren on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:53PM (#15233204)
Yell Mozilla certainly thinks it's moderating tools are better.
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Re:Washington Post integrates Talk – Mozilla’s open-source c... by ZenoArrow on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @05:59PM (#15233275)
There are two significant parts of the announcement:

1. Improved controls for filtering comments on prominent news sites.

2. A step towards the decentralisation of the web.

Both have potential benefits, especially if the comment filtering is user-driven.

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