Makes sense, the people who are able to comment first would be the ones that haven't actually read the article or just skimmed over it and just have a knee-jerk reaction to the title or something. Maybe a solution is to have not a per-user delay but a global delay, i.e. the comment section doesn't open until some time after the article is published. That won't keep anyone from commenting without reading and reflecting on it, obviously, but it might prevent the knee-jerks from dominating the early comments and limit their influence over the tone of the rest of the comment section.
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Here I thought it was going to say morning people, i.e., those who comment early in the day, are more likely to make hate comments.
What a bullshit conclusion
J/k I think the main reason is that angry people feel more urgency about their feelings than someone more rational.
I think an additional factor is the early comment effect. Early comments get more visibility and engagement, so if you want to push your goals, you can post a comment if you get there early enough. If you don't get there quick enough and there's already hundreds or more, then there's no point in adding your own, if your goal is actually to help your political project.
Same reason I hypothesize that political extremists are more likely than other people to sort their social media posts by "new" instead of anything else.
Fuck off?
Correlation vs Causation here? Articles can deliver different messages and be of different quality.
I don't think they're suggesting that posting an article causes hate comments, no.