The comments are trending towards being more critical as of my posting. A lot more asking what they're going to do about the authors, and what the hell happened.

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anonymous908213 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> Greatly appreciate this direct statement clarifying your standards, and yet another reason that I hope Ars can remain a strong example of quality journalism in a world where that is becoming hard to find

> Kudos to ARS for catching this and very publicly stating it.

> Thank you for upholding your journalistic standards. And a note to our current administration in DC - this is what transparency looks like.

> Thank you for upholding the standards of journalism we appreciate at ars!

> Thank you for your clarity and integrity on your correction. I am a long time reader and ardent supporter of Ars for exactly these reasons. Trust is so rare but also the bedrock of civilization. Thank you for taking it seriously in the age of mass produced lies.

> I like the decisive editorial action. No BS, just high human standards of integrity. That's another reason to stick with ARS over news feeds.

There is some criticism, but there is also quite a lot of incredible glazing.

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icegreentea2 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, the initial comments are pretty glazey, but go to the second and third pages of comments (ars default sorts by time). I'll pull some quotes:

> If there is a thread for redundant comments, I think this is the one. I, too, will want to see substantially more followup here, ideally this week. My subscription is at stake.

> I know Aurich said that a statement would be coming next week, due to the weekend and a public holiday, so I appreciate that a first statement came earlier. [...] Personally, I would expect Ars to not work with the authors in the future

> (from Jim Salter, a former writer at Ars) That's good to hear. But frankly, this is still the kind of "isolated incident" that should be considered an immediate firing offense.

> Echoing others that I’m waiting to see if Ars properly and publicly reckons with what happened here before I hit the “cancel subscription” button

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arduanika 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

No reason to trust that the comment section is any more genuine than the deleted fake article. If an Ars employee used genAI to astroturf these comments, they clearly would not be fired for it or even called out by name.

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