A good read this: Online, Anonymity Breeds Contempt - NYTimes.com
One of the many, many, many articles you find on this topic, especially on sites like WSJ, NYT and the Guardian etc where the Internet is still thought of as a big confounding monster while Indian sites focus on the outrage on day to day issues.
I agree that making people sign in/verify an identity would make them more responsible in their comments but it's not a rule that applies everywhere. It's that very anonymity that also sees some people express strong thoughts, share stories which they wouldn't share otherwise. Heck, people will help people or at least take that first step towards helping others anonymously but not in the view of others.
Do the negatives posed by trolls outweigh the positives? Leave a comment. Gangbanger, I'm looking at you.
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Originally posted this on BCC! by mistake because I didn't select which blog I wanted to post it to on Blogger from the tiny dropdown box in the top corner where I would've totally seen it. Thank you Google Chrome's Blogger Extension, you take me three steps ahead and two steps back.
