The Shrine

So some may know, but I work as a web designer/developer for a Newspaper company. This week we've deployed a new change to our commenting structure. We've moved away from a vendor called Topix to Facebook commenting.

http://developers.facebook.com/docs/ref ... s/comments

In doing so we've taken away anonymous posting. You must have a facebook account in order to post on articles. You can still make a fake account and all if you really want to.

The comments and emails we've gotten regarding the change have been largely negative of course, but prior to this change our discussions were just full of trolls. It's really a mixed blessing.

Since we're using facebooks API we're very limited in the information we have using said widgets. We don't get stats, reporting, or a real administration panel. In order to use the admin panel you have to generate the code, post it, and add people who are your friends on facebook to be admins.

http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_16701377

I love how the second comment is about how she won't be posting because she doesn't want her photo and facebook profile attached to it...

Shrinweck wrote:I love how the second comment is about how she won't be posting because she doesn't want her photo and facebook profile attached to it...

Exactly, some real geniuses.

It makes sense. A lot of the time discussions under Newspaper articles lack the maturity of a gaming discussion board. There's racism, extremist views, slander, and much more. For newspaper articles, people should be accountable within our community for what they post in this sort of arena.

There is some irony in a newspaper allowing no comments from anonymous sources.

Depends on your definition of "anonymous". Obviously, Bradass87 isn't very anonymous.

Andrew, Killer Bee wrote:There is some irony in a newspaper allowing no comments from anonymous sources.

Maybe but it shouldn't be a license for unhindered douchebaggery. And it's not like these people are writing well thought out articles.