After architecture, design and interiors again ignited plenty of debate this year, Dezeen's digital team looks back on their favourite comments and commenters from the past 12 months as part of our review of 2022.
Dezeen's digital team is tasked with moderating our busy comments section, which received thousands of comments in 2022.
One commenter who stood out was Betty Rubble, thanks to a flurry of simultaneously entertaining yet serious contributions under BIG's concrete tower in Quito, which features balconies that are overlooked by the floors above.
"This building could totally have been done so a homeowner can barbecue eggplant in her underwear, dancing with her dog and a martini," Rubble said as a comment on the compromised privacy. "I'm just saying, you know, for a friend." Things can get heated in the comments and sometimes the tone turns nasty when commenters battle it out, seemingly without seeking to listen to or reason with one another.
But Rubble walked a neat tightrope through some barbed responses, like one reply saying "don't like it" Don't move in".
"I hope you like eggplant"
Instead of taking the bait, Rubble continued to steer the conversation back to the subject.
"Unless I live there, my feedback is irrelevant"" Rubble asked. "Can we keep it on the design please"" The digital team always admires a commenter who resists getting into a war of words.
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