Comments on: Why Online Comments Are So Toxic http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2012/08/why-online-comments-are-so-toxic/ Wed, 22 May 2013 19:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2012/08/why-online-comments-are-so-toxic/comment-page-1/#comment-29996 Anonymous Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:41:10 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=10851#comment-29996 if there was a requirement to "give your name" there soon would be a very very simple methodology to develop a false identitiy ! who cares ? it's no validation for anything if you provide " a name" what's next ??? "your Papers Pleeees" and a goddamn passport ?? how about asking for your goddamn driver's license and fingerprints ! get real if there was a requirement to “give your name” there soon would be a very very simple methodology to develop a false identitiy !

who cares ? it’s no validation for anything if you provide ” a name”

what’s next ??? “your Papers Pleeees” and a goddamn passport ?? how about asking for your goddamn driver’s license and fingerprints !

get real

]]> By: Smart City Memphis http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2012/08/why-online-comments-are-so-toxic/comment-page-1/#comment-29981 Smart City Memphis Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:13:17 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=10851#comment-29981 Anonymity breeds stupid, self-indulgent comments that destroy discourse and civility, as proven on the Commercial Appeal every day. We are quickly moving to a place where if people want to comment and have a serious conversation rather than just massage their own egos with stupid comments, they should be required to give their names. Otherwise, they are nothing more than elementary school kids calling other people names but hiding behind a tree to do it. Anonymity breeds stupid, self-indulgent comments that destroy discourse and civility, as proven on the Commercial Appeal every day. We are quickly moving to a place where if people want to comment and have a serious conversation rather than just massage their own egos with stupid comments, they should be required to give their names. Otherwise, they are nothing more than elementary school kids calling other people names but hiding behind a tree to do it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2012/08/why-online-comments-are-so-toxic/comment-page-1/#comment-29958 Anonymous Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:03:06 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=10851#comment-29958 who cares if a blogger is anonymous ?? it's the darn web ! it's not composing a thesis to be fact-checked, footnoted, and reviewed/graded by some pipesmoking leftwing "professorial" gatekeeper if you don't like or enjoy what is posted on any blog, you can ingore it or simply turn the goddam computer off who cares if a blogger is anonymous ?? it’s the darn web ! it’s not composing a thesis to be fact-checked, footnoted, and reviewed/graded by some pipesmoking leftwing “professorial” gatekeeper

if you don’t like or enjoy what is posted on any blog, you can ingore it or simply turn the goddam computer off

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2012/08/why-online-comments-are-so-toxic/comment-page-1/#comment-29802 Anonymous Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:32:59 +0000 http://www.smartcitymemphis.com/?p=10851#comment-29802 This guy is a #^%$#ing stupid racist idiot!!!!!!!! ....hey, wanna get together for a beer sometime? This guy is a #^%$#ing stupid racist idiot!!!!!!!! ….hey, wanna get together for a beer sometime?

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