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is there any evidence at all that forcing real names in Internet comments improves quality? Its a sentiment you hear parroted a lot, and it's a justification fo
by throwaway2048 13y ago
is there any evidence at all that forcing real names in Internet comments improves quality? Its a sentiment you hear parroted a lot, and it's a justification for a lot of pretty damn user unfriendly moves.
For instance Facebook comments are far from the height of civility and well thought out discourse.
- dionidium 13y agoOur local paper (stltoday.com) uses Facebook comments on its stories and the discourse is notoriously bad. Either these people don't realize their real names are attached or they don't care.
- jamesbritt 13y agoAre you sure those are real names? I've had around five fb accounts, only one or two used my real name.
- awad 13y agoI think in most cases the average user will only have one account, with their real name attached.