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Article snippet: We on The New York Times’s Community desk have never been busier. This year we shattered the previous record for the most commented-on news article in Times history (see that story revealed below). Under the hood, The Times adopted a new moderation platform that allowed us to open more stories for comments than ever before. But we’ve had some fun, too. One of our regular commenters learned that when you dictate text messages to Siri, sometimes she publishes them on nytimes.com. A Facebook commenter’s pragmatic attitude won her the internet for the day. A commenter in the Cooking section unburdened himself in a lemon soufflé recipe. Not surprisingly, the articles that resonated most with our readers this year concerned politics. These are the five most talked-about stories this year, presented with popular comments from each article. Comments submitted: 8,769 After President Trump defended his remarks blaming both sides for the violence in Charlottesville, Va., readers flocked to the article to express outrage and disbelief. L, in Connecticut: Charles Marshall, in Britain: Steve, in Oakland, Calif.: Comments submitted: 8,816 White nationalists and counterprotesters clashed over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville. Top of readers’ minds was whether or not to take down Confederate statues. FDR, in Philadelphia: Jim Ellsworth, in Charlottesville: John M, in California: Mark, in Providence, R.I.: Comments submitted: 10,286 Readers sounded off ... Link to the full article to read more