> People are downvoting the people not in agreement with the sentiment of the article.
I downvoted a couple of comments in this thread, and flagged one of them. (A number of other people must have flagged that one too, as it is now "[flagged] [dead]". Turn on "showdead" in your profile settings if you want to see comments like that.)
In neither case was my downvote because the commenter disagreed with the article. It was because the comments were just plain nasty and disrespectful, both to other commenters and to the people who find community in places like McDonald's.
I don't have an answer to your question about sponsorship of the article, and I can't speak for anyone else, but I did want to explain the reason for my downvotes.
I downvoted a couple of comments in this thread, and flagged one of them. (A number of other people must have flagged that one too, as it is now "[flagged] [dead]". Turn on "showdead" in your profile settings if you want to see comments like that.)
In neither case was my downvote because the commenter disagreed with the article. It was because the comments were just plain nasty and disrespectful, both to other commenters and to the people who find community in places like McDonald's.
I don't have an answer to your question about sponsorship of the article, and I can't speak for anyone else, but I did want to explain the reason for my downvotes.