When is Yahoo going to allow discussions on news stories they post?

I'm pretty sure they used to, and that was one of the first things they drew back--then they stopped their VoIP service, then their messenger service, now this.  Next I guess they'll drop their email service, then they'll close their browser search....and then close down altogether.

Never. Yahoo is shutting Answers down for good before the end of the month.

Since Yahoo is just an aggregator, pulling in stories from a variety of sites, just visit various news sites if you want to comment on stories. They usually have their own comments sections.

when Yahoo is convinced Users wont Use Comments to abuse Others

so please Hold your Breath

Rarely visit Yahoo with no comment section, it's pretty boring without it. Ok some users were bang out of order, but they can just be reported & blocked? Why spoil it for the rest of us? Looks like AOL have done the same too, but it's all controlled by Verizon now, so who knows what their purpose & intentions are?  They should really just 'wise up' & re-instate this very popular public facility...or at least advise their 'users'. I'll look elsewhere - it's been months now. 

Yahoo is just afraid of letting people know there are other opinions and ideas, other then their own . Communist and dictatorship  country's use the same tactic and are afraid of freedom of ideas. They want people with blinders.

No way to know. Perhaps that's not something they intend to do again, as the comment feature was so badly abused in the past. Time will tell. Yahoo/Verizon has never been in the habit of giving a heads-up before they make changes to any part of Yahoo. Some day you may login and see the comment function is back (it actually is for some few articles, that tend to be more geared to lifestyle/entertainment). 

Probably never, unless they make major changes such as limited comments per day or limited commenting time.

Commenting was removed months ago. If it hasn't returned by now it is most likely permanent. It was being abused more often than it was being used for genuine comments.

After over 8 months Verizon probably is not going to restore commenting.