Then I greatly suspect that some of them (especially the inflammatory type) seem to be intentionally stirring the roost. My suspicious is about the "skeptic" empire sending out its minions to create doubt and misinformation in the comment section on various alt. health sites.
The comment below is a typical example of the Facebook ignorant types and shills who try to stir the roost. The article was about a certain vaccine actually spreading disease. Now I'm not saying one way or the other when it comes to the vaccine issue, but the comment illustrates my point:
"Another quack spreading lies to scare parents into agreeing with their view of anti-vaccinations! You are a homeopathic and nutritional specialist. Don't you then have a conflict of interest in writing this article? When someone's child gets the measles or the mumps because they didn't vaccinate, do you have a nice, homeade, all-natural tea to sell them?"
First, the article did present cited sources for their information. The author, who I have no connection with or the site, is not trying to get anyone to agree with their viewpoint. They are presenting information on a topic thats not easily addressed in the mainstream. If modern medicine in all their glory would actually care about vaccine concerns or any other pharmaceutical concerns by the lowly peasants then maybe people wouldn't have to rely on "internet stories."
Second, the instant name-calling is a telltale sign this commentator has an agenda themselves or buys into their own ideology. The instant label of "anti-vaccine" is the wrong term for a marginalized group of people who question a pharmaceutical product. So what if the author has a conflict of interest? Many conventional medicine authorities advocate staying away from alternative medicine. Do they have a conflict of interest? Perhaps the commentator is a Wikipedia contributor so they would know all about ideological warfare in the battle to control the lowly peasants minds. They know about only allowing one viewpoint onto a site.
Third, who said the article was trying to sell anything? Like someones actually going to get rich selling home-made teas (misspelling there, too)? Most people don't anyways. Whos a better authority on vaccine issues, conventional doctors who aren't even aware of alternatives or simply trust what the pharmaceutical companies tell them or someone outside the whole system.
I know who I'd rather trust.
Sometimes I really think my mental health could improve if I stopped looking at comment sections. Internet people are a bunch of assholes.