I don't like my comments being boxed into categories.

How do you even get a comment boxed into a category?

There are separate comment sections for each article, which can be found by clicking on the Read more button. Not the same as it was.

There is a Gab group called Lockdown Sceptics and Rebels that a lot of people have moved to, but the Gab server crashed yesterday so don't know how many have worked out how to use it yet.

There was a lot of the group on a Reddit group that MabelCow set up last night, maybe try that too:-
https://www.reddit.com/r/LockdownSceptics/comments/m0kjt7/rlockdownsceptics_lounge/

Hope you make it out of the 'toxic swamp' that Toby thinks we have become.
See you there.

Thank you for the info but...

Not every item has a Read More button

and most importantly

The majority of comments do not refer to one particular item from the editorial

LS - PLEASE reinstate a general comments facility

Where does the 'toxic swamp' comment come from?
I grew to like to like the BTL comments section. I will miss it.