http://www.joe.co.uk/news/why-gary-lineker-lily-allen-and-you-shouldnt-comment/93236
The article uses excuses used particularly on social media to prevent people from sharing they views. When you get to the end, it resulted in no one actually having the 'right to comment'
O In 2013 the article with the most shares on The Guardian had 3.9m page views.
O The people who vote on online polls don't always vote in real life.
O 34 of the top 100 are pieces related to world news
I think this is an incredibly clever way to reflect on the excuses people use particularly when someone comments on something that they don't agree with. It brings forth the idea of censorship that is not only limited formally on social media but is carried out by the consumers. When specifically regarding the US election and The refugee crisis, many are criticised for commenting because it 'doesn't concern them', others are told not to comment because they are either too educated or not educated enough. The Internet is a controversial ground where sharing you're opinion can and will be ridiculed in any and every way which raises the questions as to whether everyone is in fact a gatekeeper and are there too many people attempting to censor people? In some cases they are successful especially when regarding 'trolls' whom repetitively bully people until their views have changed, comments have been deleted or they have removed themselves from the site altogether.
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