However, now most news organization

However, now most news organizations have seen that providing a forum for readers to discuss news stories or other topics of interest related to the news has increased reader's engagement with the organization. At time, the conversation about a single news article may take on a life of its own, even perhaps outweighing the original article in term of the value of information provided.
Partly because of the ease of sending messages , discussion boards often suffer from a few individuals who either send messages not related to the discussion board topic or send numerous message on variations of the same topic, effectively monopolizing the conversation space. Some discussion boards are moderated, which means a moderator either approves all messages before they are posted on has the ability to kick anyone off the discussion board or to block his or her posts. Another weakness of discussion board is the difficulty in fully exploring an issue especially when many people are commenting on various aspects of a comple topic, and the ease in which members can go off-topic.