The Editor's Log
Comments on Letters
We continue to try to raise the level of discourse on our sites. Today, Allen announced a new process for comments on letters.
The important lines, to me, are these: We will keep tabs on repeat offenders who violate our rules concerning taste and foul language.You will be required in those cases to provide the same information you would as a print letter writer: name, address and telephone number.
Before, we pretty much let the letters commenters take their own course. Over the past several weeks, we have raised the bar gradually, deleting offensive comments and, occasionally, banning a commenter or two who ignored warnings. And things have improved.
We hope this continues to make the place more inviting to visit and enter a discussion without fear of being insulted.
Update: Perhaps we should add this reminder from Chris Amico's blog to the comments section: Remember that Google can always find the dumbest thing you've ever said.
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