My experience with The Guardian has been very positive. There was a user "ChangingWorld" who was a complete anti-vaxxer and no matter what you said ignored all reasoned discussion and reverted to personal attacks.
After a fair bit of discussion, I got sick of the personal attacks on anyone who tried to engage with her and who didn't hold her view, so I started flagging her abusive comments.
The Guardian moderators, to my great surprise, took notice and actually started deleting posts that violated their policies. The tone of debate, needless to say, took a turn for the better! No longer were participants held to ransom by manipulative and personal attacks and no longer were articles about vaccinations derailed.
She eventually stopped commenting after I posted the following:
After a fair bit of discussion, I got sick of the personal attacks on anyone who tried to engage with her and who didn't hold her view, so I started flagging her abusive comments.
The Guardian moderators, to my great surprise, took notice and actually started deleting posts that violated their policies. The tone of debate, needless to say, took a turn for the better! No longer were participants held to ransom by manipulative and personal attacks and no longer were articles about vaccinations derailed.
She eventually stopped commenting after I posted the following:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/14/california-se...