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Can someone explain the appeal of using this over something with support for pseudonyms?
by kmfrk 16y ago
Can someone explain the appeal of using this over something with support for pseudonyms?
- notahacker 16y agoIt should result in a moderate reduction in trolling. Mainly it's the same appeal as every other Facebook widget - people commenting on your site must spam all their friends' newsfeeds with your article. This makes it ideal for a personal blog that you actually do want some of your friends to comment on, ideal for a mass media site driven by pageviews, and hopeless for niche enthusiast sites trying to promote debate. The other "advantage" claimed by TC - that Facebookers can contribute directly to the comment thread without even visiting the article page never mind reading it - sounds like it has pretty dubious value.
- joebadmo 16y agoI wonder about the reduction in trolling, too, considering a lot of the comments I've seen on Facebook. I always thought identification would reduce bad behavior, but anecdotally I've found that not to be the case.