Comment platforms either use a real name profile or a pseudonym.
Users that use their real profile are held accountable by their reputation - they're more likely to give better comments.
Pseudonyms mask identity, so it's so easy to be offensive with no punishment. Evidently there are people who abuse this.
I argue that we should use a hybrid. By default that users should use a real profile, but give them the option to be anonymous. Just control the number of times they can comment anonymously!
Quora does this pretty well.
To end, a quote from Oscar Wilde:
A man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth.
The question is how do you determine that the person is commenting from a 'real' profile that is infact themselves?
ReplyDeleteAlso, are you better off a site having lots of honest comments or only a few because they were bold enough to say it on their real account?
(Also it is ironic that it isn't actually that easy to comment on your blog :P )