I am with you. It would be better news sites have their own comment system. It's very sad that most US news sites axed their comment section or just include the crud FB comment widget. It's appalling that even sites like IMDb removed their comments and forum. Is this pure incompetence or a war on freedom of human right to speak/write openly? How hard is it to maintain comment section, can't you moderate the comments like it worked fine everywhere for decades? I am more and more the opinion we really need an MySpace successor to balance Facebook. MySpace was always about anon user accounts, express yourself, in internet anonymity, do things you like with people who have the same interests. Facebook is all about real identity, it can create a lot of bad blood and bad mood. It's really cumbersome to use it for anything of special interest like computers (yes nowadays, most just care about smartphones, not how it works) as your friends will see all your interactions and react on it.

See here on HN, lots of insightful comments from anon accounts. What do you get from FB comments section - spam from bots and subjective blabla. Please suggest to your higher up to add a proper comment section.