1. Your Phone Is Already an Undercover Agent—We’re Not Adding a Troll Farm.
We spend whole articles exposing emotional-surveillance algorithms and spam-bots that mine every swipe. Why invite them to set up shop under our posts? A comment box is basically a welcome mat for the same junk we call out: bots hawking miracle crypto, trolls pushing hot takes they don’t even believe, and “Totally agree!” drive-bys from engagement farms. Hard pass.
2. Noise Kills Signal—and Signal Is All We Care About.
This site is built for bold takes, not back-alley flame wars. Comments turn every idea into a cage match where the loudest (or most automated) voice wins. We’d rather put our energy into the next piece that punches harder than babysit a thread full of copy-pasted outrage.
3. If You’ve Got Something Real, Make It Real.
Share the article, write your own response, record a ranty podcast—just own it on your turf instead of burying it under a pile of “First!” replies. Real discourse deserves more than a tiny textbox and a captcha.
4. No Comments ≠ No Conversation.
Hit us on socials, email, Medium cross-posts—places where spam filters are stronger and identities aren’t disposable. We’re not hiding; we’re curating the arena.
Bottom line:
Comments are the algorithm’s playground. We’d rather keep the spotlight on the ideas, not the circus. Read, think, shout somewhere meaningful—then come back for the next round.