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1 year ago
Maybe Mr. SoLongDeLong works in the DeLong offices. Maybe he’s a double secret agent gathering information that he wouldn’t be privy to were he to find himself suddenly unemployed! More likely he's wasting company time writing song parodies, but hey, that's important too!
As for me, Selfish Causes, I’m not hiding. I’m just trying to sell a few t-shirts. Hey, we got greeting cards here!
www.selfishcauses.com
1 year ago
You, District, have provided a forum for the "wussies" of the world. If you feel their anonymity marginalizes their opinions or undermines others, then do like the PT does with Speakout...find a margin to put them in and don't engage. If you think your readers need a "bravery filter", kick anonymous comments off altogether. The fact that invited posters are labeled "wussies" will go a long way to "fix" this publication, too, if that's the way you want to go. This is sort of a fundamental, journalistic thing that should be defined by YOU, certainly not a bunch of wussies.
Like others, I have my reason for anonymity. Personally, I don't need or want filters. You appeal to a more thoughtful crowd who will consider the source, accuracy and content of comments and websites, anonymous or otherwise. To suggest that names are important suggests there are other, perhaps less objective, filters at play.
Dave is right about a couple of things. Passion on high-impact issues is important. Those who have it will make a difference and those who don't, won't. He says the SoLong site is only as strong as the people who stand behind it and since no on did, its dead....much like this anonymous post a nano-second from now. Neither is really worth recessitation.