https://marco.org/2008/08/07/disabling-comments-discourages-most-people-from
Disabling comments discourages most people from responding negatively, but not all of them. Thanks, Zach Thawley!
(For whatever it’s worth, this article was one of the most-commented-on articles on my site before I disabled comments. Most of them came from this Reddit thread which echoes identical sentiments.)