Comments on: A new comments policy — now with real names

By: Elizabeth Lynch Baldini

Elizabeth Lynch Baldini — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:14:59 +0000

Hi Dan,
I never miss “Beat the Press”, and always appreciate your thoughtful comments;just read your op-ed piece in the Globe re:insensitive,outrageous,oafish comments about dwarfism; you go get em,Dan – good for you!
Beyond the piece’s societal implications,you are the father
every girl wishes she had!

Elizabeth Lynch Baldini

By: Chuck Tanowitz

Chuck Tanowitz — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:16:29 +0000

I agree entirely! The Newton TAB debated this issue a while back too, but decided to stick to anonymous comments.

Though, I wish LinkedIn offered a distributed credentials rather than just Facebook. I think people are more honest with their profiles there since it has a business purpose.

By: Onthaxis - Mike Kallan

Onthaxis - Mike Kallan — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:52:22 +0000

I think I like the idea. It should keep people on the issues. Insults and cheap shots are so counter-productive in any forum, even paradoxical. How can you hope to exchange ideas with someone who has labled you as a mindless idiot?

By: RP Burke

RP Burke — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:42:17 +0000

Hear, hear.

By: Chris Daly

Chris Daly — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:25:40 +0000

Hi, Dan —

Way to go. This is a really welcome change, and I plan to follow suit on my blog. I hope it raises the level of discourse, or at least the level of civility.

Chris Daly (my real name)

By: Cosmo Macero Jr.

Cosmo Macero Jr. — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:10:39 +0000

Dan:

Congratulations on a good policy change.

Transparency is the new black.

CMJ

By: BP Myers

BP Myers — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:26:03 +0000

I don’t have a Facebook account and don’t intend to get one.

You go that far . . . it’s been fun!

By: Al Quint

Al Quint — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:05:39 +0000

… the other guy who uses the name Al… now we’ll be able to tell who is who… and considering my site is given as a link, it wasn’t too tough to figure out who I am, anyway.

By: Dan Kennedy

Dan Kennedy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:08:40 +0000

@Al: If problems persist, I still have the nuclear option at my disposal — requiring people to register through their Facebook accounts. I don’t think I’ll have to go that route.

By: Al Fiantaca

Al Fiantaca — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:51:20 +0000

I always used my real first name, I just liked the anonymity, or security of having my last name off my comments. Of course, other than Dan, who’s to say that our stated last names are real, or just a consistent nom de plume that we use?