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Paper Charges For Online Comments

Item: Paper to readers: Comments now cost 99 cents and your name: Massachusetts daily adopts online policy to counteract damage of anonymous commenting /Paul McNamara, Network World, Buzz Blog

More Info: Anxious to lift an outright ban on comments, The Attleboro (Mass.) Sun-Chronicle has begun requiring two things of online readers who want to leave their thoughts on stories: 99 cents and their real names. The newspaper should expect much criticism from various quarters, but it’s a fascinating experiment and a bold response to the endless trolling, vitriol and drivel that is enabled by anonymity in online forums.

Question: Any predictions re: how well this experiment will play out?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog