Debate: Have Comment Sections Failed?
In recent years, many media companies have disabled them because of widespread abuse and obscenity.

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: Comments, with good moderation, are a part of democracy.
Warrant 0: democracy can often fail
Warrant 1: democracies don't often fail
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: Comment sections allow customers to have direct engagement.
Warrant 0: direct engagement with customers costs more than it earns
Warrant 1: direct engagement with customers earns more than it costs
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: Arguments within the comment section are more important than the name of the authors.
Warrant 0: the author of an article does not have a right to be considered more important than a comment
Warrant 1: the author of an article has a right to be considered more important than a comment
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: People want to discuss issues rather than be told what to think.
Warrant 0: too many people will be talking at once
Warrant 1: only one person can talk at a time
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: Comment sections allow customers to have direct engagement.
Warrant 0: some people like conflict or direct engagement
Warrant 1: no one likes conflict or direct engagement
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: Comment sections have varied and valuable opinions.
Warrant 0: varied opinions cause conflict
Warrant 1: varied opinions cause thought
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: Words matter and people who think differently should be able to respond.
Warrant 0: commenters who have responded have done so in fuzzy, illogical fashion
Warrant 1: commenters who have responded have done so in a structured, logical fashion
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have failed
Reason: When there are no moderators and commentators are anonymous, they tend to abuse the privileged of commenting.
Warrant 0: there are also lots of people who don't abuse the privilege of commenting
Warrant 1: there are lots of people who abuse the privilege of commenting
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: When comments are moderated, it is appreciated by people like me.
Warrant 0: many sites do not have proper moderation and therefore end up overrun by trollish comments
Warrant 1: many sites have proper moderation and therefore do not end up overrun by trollish comments
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Comment sections have not failed
Reason: Many editorials are wrong or distorted and their claims are corrected in the comments.
Warrant 0: these corrections are usually noticed, and have successfully changed opinions
Warrant 1: these corrections have usually gone unnoticed, or have failed to change opinions
Correct warrant: 0