Comment 42552

By Michelle Martin (registered) - website | Posted June 29, 2010 at 07:04:34

Those comments should be deleted in light of this.

How about requiring registration with a working email address first? I know people can set up hotmail accounts for the purpose of trolling, but I think it would take care of a lot of trolls if they couldn't be spontaneously insulting but had to wait five minutes for a password to be emailed.

I also vote for a report abuse button. Personal attacks (like these and the one last May) have no place here, add nothing to the debate, and can scare away legitimate comments from people with something interesting to say but who don't have the stomach for the nastiness that can be found in comboxes. In other words, these comments end up censoring debate-- the very thing we want to avoid. And the trolls can certainly set up their own soapbox blogs or websites, no one is denying their right to do so, without being given the privilege of stifling dialogue here by bullying people.

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