Hate more common in early article comments, analysis finds

• Comments written quickly after an article was published were more likely to contain hate and threats than those posted later • This is shown by a time analysis conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg of 38 million reader comments on The Guardian’s website • The research is published in the journal New Media & Society

Article Summaries:

• Comments written quickly after an article was published were more likely to contain hate and threats than those posted later. This is shown by a time analysis conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg of 38 million reader comments on The Guardian’s website. The research is published in the journal New Media & Society.

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• https://phys.org/news/2026-02-common-early-article-comments-analysis.html (Latest source article published: 2026-02-25 14:30 UTC)