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[ladystrange2000.livejournal.com]

I think anonymous posting should be disabled. I've got better things to do than waste time reading messages from cowards who won't put their name to their agenda.

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[sopdetly.livejournal.com]

I am disinclined to acquiesce to this request. We log IPs of anonymous posters, so we do have some way to track them. If you really can't just ignore them (and they're rare enough as far as I can tell), then make your posts locked, and don't comment to unlocked posts. *shrug*

Personally, I like knowing that we're prominent enough to attract trolls who, by posting insults anonymously, really do no favors for their side's image.

[sopdetly.livejournal.com]

I should add that if at any time it starts to get really out of hand, like if anonymous troll posts outnumber rational discussion, then this will be reconsidered. But at this point I see no reason to change anything.

[derringdo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can see where it would be a nasty thing to have happen on your first post here or something, but really, we haven't seen that much of it overall.

[phangurl.livejournal.com]

I don't know what happened, but... *hugs* It sounds like it sucks, whatever it was.

[pinkpolarity.livejournal.com]

I'm in favor of that generally, everywhere. I don't allow anony comments on my LJ or my comms, and unsigned anony comments are, to me, always read with a big red "ignore" over them.

[phoenix-starr.livejournal.com]

Don't worry about it hon. If they don't have the "gravitas" to put their name on it, all it is worth is a good snigger.

Sorry if they sand bagged you!

[lemonlye.livejournal.com]

*stumbles in from breastfeeding* (I'm such a responsible moderator; heh)

Yeah, I don't recall there being a huge issue with anonymous flaming, although I haven't looked at all the posts lately. But if it does get to be an ongoing problem, we can switch 'em off. It *is* kind of fun in the meantime to watch them flail, and to watch our loyal band of members smack them down. :)

[sopdetly.livejournal.com]

I actually was curious to know just how often we get anonymous comments, so I ran the LJ Stats Wizard on the comm.

We've had 6859 total comments.

I get details on who the top 100 commenters are. #100 clocks in with a mere 13 comments. Anonymous commenters are not in the top 100.

Therefore, 0.19% of comments, at best are anonymous.

I'm not really too worried ;)

[phangurl.livejournal.com]

... I was told there would be NO MATH on this test!

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

It might be even less if one includes the anonymous posts that are immediately followed with a big fat "Doh--! That was me."

Because, you know, that is me, more often than I like to admit!