Several weeks ago I wrote a post about using real identity as a way to fight idiotic, hateful, or trolling commenters.
Seth Godin’s experience with “a closed, non-anonymous site,” which I assume is this one, shows that my theory holds water, grows trees, and sprouts fruit (not to mix any metaphors):
On a closed, non-anonymous site I get to use, I’m noticing that the quality of comments continues to increase. I don’t think people are dumb. I think ease of use combined with anonymity and vanity just makes them seem that way.
That quote is from Seth’s post, Monkeys with Megaphones.
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That’s true I think it does make for more engaging online discussion since there’s the illusion of a face to an actual name.