I've heard of several news websites doing a version of this, with some success. For instance, one New Jersey newspaper has a forum called "Take It Outside," wh

I've heard of several news websites doing a version of this, with some success. For instance, one New Jersey newspaper has a forum called "Take It Outside," where the comment policy is not as strict as in other areas of the site -- basically, only profanity and pornography get banned, but everything else is fair game. The idea is that if you give people who want to post trollish comments a dedicated place to do so, maybe they'll gravitate there and stop bugging everyone else. Then again, I suppose a true troll wants to bug everyone else.