The Yakima Herald-Republic has decided to introduce a registration system to identify those who provide public comments on its website.
"The system we established in 2008 to foster conversations between the newspaper's readers, our website's visitors and ourselves has too often resulted in ugly, nasty or meaningless dialogue," wrote editor Bob Crider.
It has suspended its comments for the time being and will have a new system in place by July. While the news organization recognizes that not demanding registration encourages debate involvement and provides page views, it has concluded that too many are saying things they wouldn't dare if identified.
What do you think?
"The system we established in 2008 to foster conversations between the newspaper's readers, our website's visitors and ourselves has too often resulted in ugly, nasty or meaningless dialogue," wrote editor Bob Crider.
It has suspended its comments for the time being and will have a new system in place by July. While the news organization recognizes that not demanding registration encourages debate involvement and provides page views, it has concluded that too many are saying things they wouldn't dare if identified.
What do you think?
