I don’t tend to do chats, but I’ve found that Substack commenters tend to be far more thoughtful and respectful of one another (and of the authors as well) than is the case in other communities. The Athletic for one maybe isn’t the worst, but whenever I look at their comments section I cringe in anticipation of something knuckleheaded, antagonistic or both.
A game I play with myself when reading articles on The Athletic is to guess whether one of the first five comments will have been removed for inappropriateness. If the article has even one shred of controversy to it (e.g., a female umpire being elevated to the majors for spring training) you can guarantee that someone’s comment will have been flagged and removed.
I say this to compare Molly's readers who comment in the chat. They are polite, kind, thoughtful and incredibly knowledgeable. And by the way the same is true for Molly’s good friend Joe Posnanski. The readers they both attract are awesome. Which speaks very well of Molly and Joe. It is so refreshing.
Thank you Molly, great post! im working my way through youre selected writings in this post and love your writing style🙂. Tonights chat during the Philly/ Atlanta game was a lot of fun too.
I don’t tend to do chats, but I’ve found that Substack commenters tend to be far more thoughtful and respectful of one another (and of the authors as well) than is the case in other communities. The Athletic for one maybe isn’t the worst, but whenever I look at their comments section I cringe in anticipation of something knuckleheaded, antagonistic or both.
Hi Ron. Come join our chats. You'll love them!
A game I play with myself when reading articles on The Athletic is to guess whether one of the first five comments will have been removed for inappropriateness. If the article has even one shred of controversy to it (e.g., a female umpire being elevated to the majors for spring training) you can guarantee that someone’s comment will have been flagged and removed.
I say this to compare Molly's readers who comment in the chat. They are polite, kind, thoughtful and incredibly knowledgeable. And by the way the same is true for Molly’s good friend Joe Posnanski. The readers they both attract are awesome. Which speaks very well of Molly and Joe. It is so refreshing.
Totally agree as well about Joe, whom I have followed for years through his various platforms.
Thank you Molly, great post! im working my way through youre selected writings in this post and love your writing style🙂. Tonights chat during the Philly/ Atlanta game was a lot of fun too.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mlb/s/9OsOgOivjp
Molly, have you seen this???