They also need some kind of comment moderation but I guess if there is no moderation in the blog post what can you expect :?

If Arrington is after traffic, people would stick around to read and participate in comments moreso if it was actually usable.

Regarding the posts, I think better comments would encourage more cooperation by the websites who are profiled as the comments could be more valuable.

Disqus is the answer to all commenting systems! :)

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