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First, commenters who are jerks are jerks in real life:
According to a new study published by University of Manitoba researchers, Internet trolls – people who commonly lurk on message boards and post offensive material to get a rise out of people – exhibit anti-social behaviour in their offline settings as well.
via Internet trolls are jerks in real life too – Features | The Star Online.
Second, when they’re being jerks in real life they’re using their real names.
So what makes you think that requiring real identities will clean up reader comments?
A troll by any other name…
by Carl Natale on March 1, 2014
First, commenters who are jerks are jerks in real life:
Second, when they’re being jerks in real life they’re using their real names.
So what makes you think that requiring real identities will clean up reader comments?
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