Tuesday, June 10, 2008

GateHouse Media websites to require registration

Those wishing to comment on stories on all GateHouse Media websites will be required to register. This is being done to improve civility in the comments.

According to an article in the Peoria Journal-Star:

It's a relatively simple and quick process. The registration feature is being introduced at all GateHouse Media Web sites. Registration is designed to help promote a higher degree of civility in the community discussions that regularly occur on Websites like pjstar.com. Comments are not edited, but occasionally they are deleted if the tone strays from the general posting guidelines.

Under the new system, readers will be required to provide a valid e-mail address and name before they are allowed to post a comment. It is a one-time procedure. During the e-mail validation process, readers will be allowed to choose an online username to use in place of their real name online, if they so desire. It should take less than one minute to complete registration
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The rules for comments should be the same as a letter to the editor - real name required.

Ironically yours,
Anonymous

Anonymous said...

Exactly so. It's far too often that COWARDS moan, gripe and say things online about people that while perhaps don't go as far as libel, do go as far as deserving a calling out into the street. Yet they almost always leave a cheesy pseudo handle rather than their given name. The lack of cajones is all too obvious.
It's too bad dueling is illegal.