As the article points out: News websites from across the country struggle to maintain civility in their online comments forums. But given their anonymous nature and anything-goes ethos,
http://www.tsu.bzc.jp/bzmt/2007/07/mt4.html#comments,
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Staff writer Neil Swidey concludes: Maybe the best approach to getting people to behave better online is just reminding them how easy it is to figure out who they really are.
The age of accountability is dawning.
See Portrait of the Poster video at boston.com
* Martin King is Online Editor of independent.co.uk
As the headline said,
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SoI was delighted when a colleague pointed out the following from The Boston Globe: Inside the mind of the anonymous online poster – ind.pn/a3YzeK.
When independent.co.uk launched its new commenting system,
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