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.
Hate more common in early article comments, analysis finds
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