One of the rules of the internet is to never read the comments section. A place that was originally intended for decent discussion and conversation turned into a place for flaming, bot advertising, and a bunch of people just saying "fake" or "first".
Now, I've been using the internet since around 2000. Starting out by using it (on dial-up of all things) to play an MMORPG called Legend of Mir with my dad. Both of us on that same 56kbp/s connection. The days when Game Network used to cut deals with a bunch of Korean MMORPG companies and bring them to Western audiences, but also broadcast gameplay live on TV with commentary. They were video game streamers before streamers were even a real idea. But I digress. I've been on the internet for 20 years (quite a feat as I've only been alive for 25 years at this point!)
I remember prior to social media, we had Geocities sites and almost anything had a forum. For the most part, they were reasonable places to be online. Flame wars weren't a major thing. When they did happen, most forums had moderators and so these were removed very quickly. Forums also had rules to follow as well which, if they weren't adhered to, would result in semi/permanent bans.
With the advent of social media like Facebook and Twitter, along with comments on YouTube, the moderation aspect seems to have been lost. The rules don't really exist anymore. To add to it, because of the perceived anonymity of the internet, the worst of people seems to always come to the forefront.
So it does beg the question as to why I'd want to actually want to add a comments section to my own site. Well, quite simply, I'm going to moderate it properly. The comments section is for reasonable discourse. Hatred, incitement, and general nastiness has no place and will be removed promptly. Don't get it twisted; I won't remove comments just because they disagree. However, there is a way to disagree and still be a reasonable human being.
To help with moderation and to add a small barrier to entry, I'm using disqus as my comments platform. Because it requires a login, the anonymity is somewhat lost. It also enables moderation plus bans where they're needed. So we'll see how this goes... hopefully this becomes a comments section that you'll look at.