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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHuffington Post to end anonymous comments
The Huffington Post which has logged more than 260 million comments in its history will end anonymity in those comments, founder Arianna Huffington said Wednesday morning.
Trolls are just getting more and more aggressive and uglier and I just came from London where there are rape and death threats, Huffington said in comments to reporters after a speech at Hubspots Inbound 2013 conference in Boston. The changeover will come in mid-September, she said.
I feel that freedom of expression is given to people who stand up for what they say and not hiding behind anonymity, she said. we need to evolve a platform to meet the needs of the grown-up Internet, she said. The current Huff Po system uses advanced algorithms to moderate comments plus 40 moderators, but that is not enough now, she said.
Trolls are just getting more and more aggressive and uglier and I just came from London where there are rape and death threats, Huffington said in comments to reporters after a speech at Hubspots Inbound 2013 conference in Boston. The changeover will come in mid-September, she said.
I feel that freedom of expression is given to people who stand up for what they say and not hiding behind anonymity, she said. we need to evolve a platform to meet the needs of the grown-up Internet, she said. The current Huff Po system uses advanced algorithms to moderate comments plus 40 moderators, but that is not enough now, she said.
http://gigaom.com/2013/08/21/huffington-post-to-end-anonymous-comments/
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Huffington Post to end anonymous comments (Original Post)
boston bean
Aug 2013
OP
I quit that place in 2007 when they first started pre-moderating all the comments.
House of Roberts
Aug 2013
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House of Roberts
(5,122 posts)1. I quit that place in 2007 when they first started pre-moderating all the comments.
It became so that you couldn't have a back and forth conversation without it taking all day.
David Krout
(423 posts)2. There's no way to end anonymity
There are ways to comment and remain anonymous.
Javaman
(62,442 posts)3. And their comments dribble down to zero. nt
Closed my account this morning and just joined DU . Doubt I'll be the last, either.
demwing
(16,916 posts)6. Welcome to DU, gabby! /nt
Javaman
(62,442 posts)7. Welcome Gabby. :) nt
one_voice
(20,043 posts)4. Their commenting system..
sucks. Blah.