"I can't speak for my bosses, who might feel differently than I do," writes Farhad Manjoo/Slate. "But as a writer, my answer is no (don't we want every reader to participate, even if they're skittish about revealing their names?) — I don't want anonymous commenters. Everyone who works online knows that there's a direct correlation between the hurdles a site puts up in front of potential commenters and the number and quality of the comments it receives. The harder a site makes it for someone to post a comment, the fewer comments it gets, and those comments are generally better. More here.

Question (for those who have lobbied against anonymous commenters on Hucks Online): Would you be so keen on commenters using their real names if this blog lost a good part of its anonymous commenters?