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arcane1

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4. I think Yahoo gets a lot of them because it's an "easy" site to get to

Reply to gmb92 (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 2, 2014, 04:36 PM

Dec 2014

By "easy" I mean it's a site everyone knows about, and even internet newbies can find. Plus, it offers email and groups, search engine, etc, so it's not like a regular newspaper's website in that regard. And it seems like Yahoo's groups skew toward younger people (at least, they did the last time I checked).

So Yahoo is a likely home page for many people.

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Why is the comments section on Yahoo articles a cesspool for right-wing fanatics? [View all] gmb92 Dec 2014 OP

They're dumb-asses with nothing else to do? arcane1 Dec 2014 #1

This explains a portion of them gmb92 Dec 2014 #3

I think Yahoo gets a lot of them because it's an "easy" site to get to arcane1 Dec 2014 #4

It's why they call it Yahoo. notadmblnd Dec 2014 #2

FOXFIRE seem to had converted over to Yahoo now too.. Historic NY Dec 2014 #5

Reason #1 is now an epidemic HoosierCowboy Dec 2014 #6

Not just the comments but YAHOO itself swings to the right. GOLGO 13 Dec 2014 #7