NPR shuts comments section

Alicia Shepard/Moyers & Co reports that NPR has joined a growing list of media organizations that are closing their comments:

Good riddance to NPR’s comment section, which is shutting down Tuesday after eight years. There has to be a better way for news organizations to engage with the public. NPR is joining a growing list of media organizations that have said “finito” to comments including, ‘This American Life,’ Reuters, Recode, Mic, The Chicago Sun-Times, Popular Science , CNN, The Toronto Star and The Week . More here.

DFO: I wrote a note under Shepard’s story explaining how we do things here at Huckleberries Online — and that it’s possible to provide a relatively troll-free community forum.