Out of the Blue [Aug 21, 2002, 09:44 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
A bit of a brouhaha arose yesterday after the decision was made to remove the
ability to add anonymous posts to our forums. This is not something we did
lightly... fact is this has been a serious topic of discussion for some time
now, and over the past week or so it had basically been decided that this was
the way we would go, as an increased presence of trolls had created an
ever-diminishing signal-to-noise ratio. We recognize that potentially valuable
posts are lost this way, there was a good period of time where we could point
with pride at the fact that we could allow anon posting and there was still a
mostly civil attitude here, but like most forums that allow anonymity, civility
eventually began to suffer more and more. We're not happy that we had to make
this move, but are confident that the forums are a better place for it already.
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Yes, this is precisely the reason I never disabled viewing anonymous posts - it simply made keeping track of a thread impossible. The problem with it wasn't so much the anon trolls as the useful anons with something to say - if they said anything, it would get lost in the filtering and subsequent replies would make little sense.
Personally, I think the boards are a better place for no anon posting, but I can see arguments both ways.
Personally, I think the boards are a better place for no anon posting, but I can see arguments both ways.
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