Taking the Pulse on Anonymous Commenting
We’ve been getting more and more requests from readers to eliminate anonymous commenting. (The topic has also been on the front-burner because of a certain article this week.) There are clearly major flaws with a system that allows commenting without accountability, but doing away with it carries its own set of drawbacks in the form…
We’ve been getting more and more requests from readers to eliminate anonymous commenting. (The topic has also been on the front-burner because of a certain article this week.) There are clearly major flaws with a system that allows commenting without accountability, but doing away with it carries its own set of drawbacks in the form of diminished information flow, opinion and overall energy on the site. We’re curious to know how the community feels about the issue so please take a moment to fill out this survey and chime in below.
Thanks,
Mr. B
p.s. Just to clarify, just because you register, and comment under, a username, does not mean that your true identity is on display for the world to see. It means we can easily block a disruptive commenter, or contact him/her by email about bad behavior. It also means that other readers can begin to associate comments over time with a particular online identity, theoretically improving the ability to carry on discussions.
Biff…you should get another email address…something like
iheartguests@whatever.com post it and share with us some of the crap that comes in
Have a good weekend Biff. I love this new login…I’m logged in, I’m registered yet I’m still posting anonymously as a guest!! Isn’t life on the internet wonderful.
let me think of what I can hurl here to restart this thread!!!
10:39, HAHAHA. Absolutely I put that email up here for all to see in the midst of a fun three-way discussion with Dave and Jerri and I never denied it, so you’re not saying anything that anyone who’s viewed this blog wouldn’t have seen. I asked you to give any information that I’ve never openly posted on Brownstoner and you couldn’t. You know nothing about me. I called you out and proved you’re a fraud. You’re done. You lost. You failed miserably.
11:51, no, Biff Champion never squirms, especially when there’s clearly nothing to squirm about. I just love showing how people like you and 10:39 are totally full of it.
Moving on to much more interesting topics, i.e., my shining star Nokilissa, it’s people like you, Dave, Heather, Polecimist, bxgrl, faithful, Sarah Ryley and others that keeps me signing in and checking the site every day. I like hearing what you have to say and I don’t give a crap if people don’t want to hear pleasantries and lovey dovey exchanges. I enjoy seeing you online friends and will never let trolling guests stop me from posting what I want to post. NOW it’s time for a bourbon. Cue Edith Piaf’s La Vie En Rose and let’s all have a good time.
I find Montrose Morris and NOP have a lot of great things to say,and they say it well. the keyword is quality- and they both are that. I love reading -and learning- about my neighborhood, history and architecture. That’s what this site was supposed to be about- Brooklyn in all its glory (or not).
It’s a free country- if you can’t be bothered to read a long post, you can simply scroll past it. It’s not like your mom has to cut your food up- you can do it yourself.
bxgrl
Yo Biff: Squirm much?
Civilized debate. Whahahahahaha! Pinkies up, y’all. Careful with that coffee cup, Eugene. You want “civilized debate” create a private list.
You think this site is any better than Curbed. It’s the internet, nits. I enjoy the net because of the snarky comments. If you’re easily offended just read the headline and the body. Or better yet, read print media.
I think that imposing word limits would be more useful that requiring registration. Some of the most annoying posts are those that fall into this category, like Montrose Morris or Nostalgic on Park Avenue, both of whom usually write bible-length tomes! I have no problem with passion, but learn to express it succinctly!!!
I don’t care so much about whether or not posts are anonymous as much as fixing some of the annoying elements:
1) Bad word filter
2) Limit length of posts
3) Eliminate duplicate posts
That would do a lot to fix the comments streams.
so you never gave out an iheartjerri email address, biff?
really…?