They closed the comments, let's talk about it here.

What do you think?

'We Have Remained Silent For Too Long': Women Chess Players Denounce Sexist Behavior

Also, they shut down comments for this article:

The Reason I Quit: WIM Chevannes Speaks Against Sexual Assault, Misogyny

Now they first cowardly deleted and then shut down comments for this article:

FIDE Sparks Criticism With Controversial New Transgender Policy

Another article got the axe:

Zelenskyy Awards Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster Kovalenko For Bravery

Let's have a rational and constructive conversation.

Don't give chessdotcom the reason to shut this down.

That news article is not closed to comments as far as I can see.

interesting, it is closed for me

The comments are locked, though it appears moderators can still comment.

So, @justbefair is a moderator?

Maybe because you are a moderator?

Yes, that's why there's a Moderator flair

So, they closed it for everyone, but not for moderators? I wonder why

I'm sure staff can also post there.

He he, I am sure you are right.

You are also a moderator, can you post a comment there to direct people here, so they can share their opinions about the article?

They didn't lock similar articles when similar comments were being made so... it comes across as very amateurish.

I agree, they should not post about something, if they are not ready for the honest feedback from the chess community.

Chess players are very opinionated bunch, comes with the territory.

I'm not sure about chess players being opinionated... and I'm not particularly a fan of culture war nonsense (on either side), but if that's the can they want to open they shouldn't complain about the mess... so to speak.

I've seen similar news topics where different groups were disparaged in the comments. In particular I thought comments against Jennifer Shahade in the Alejandro Ramírez article were tasteless... but chess.com allowed them.

I noticed that chessdotcom editorial is a mess lately, very inconsistent.

I agree with you about culture wars, they should not be promoted on a chess website.

which agenda do you think it is?

Equality is worth pushing. I don't mind women's tournaments and speaking out against bad behavior... but that particular article was fairly childish, IMO.

I disagree, if they remove all the women's titles and tournaments, fewer women will be able to make money from chess.

woke bots trying to make themselves seem like a victim agian?

What are you talking about?

I don't mind them trying to lure more women into chess... I do mind the idea that "sexual violence" is what's keeping women away from the game.