It&#x27;s not a matter of not wanting people to engage. It&#x27;s a matter of not wanting to provide a platform for engagement when the web itself is that platform.<p>I read a lot of blogs which disallow comments. Their engagement comes through linking other blogs and responding, or linking tweets.<p>I wouldn&#x27;t call it arrogance to disallow comments. It&#x27;s a matter of encouraging people to create their own platforms from which to respond.<p>(That said, I have nothing against comments and think comment-first sites like this one are valuable. But not every site needs to provide a platform for engagement or risk being called arrogant.)