A screed-control proposal
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We allow anonymous comments that often churn into a vitriolic brew. …(they) alienate many thoughtful readers, who are the majority of people who read newspapers. When readers complain to me about ugly comments, I urge them to weigh in, but most balk. It’s like trying to persuade your friends to visit a great tavern in a bad neighborhood: They want nothing to do with that side of town…My concern is that readers will continue to despair that the worst anonymous commenters represent a growing crowd in America. Yet reader response via e-mail and voice-mail, and my daily interactions with people on Facebook and around the country, assure me that this is not true. Most Americans believe civility matters. They also believe it comes with a name.…Cleveland Plain-Dealer columnist Connie Schultz in “Web sites’ anonymity brings out the worst in some posters.”
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