I stopped submitting LTEs years ago after having been harassed by a reader. So, if a newspaper thinks I'm going to allow my real identity to be associated with comments on articles, they have another think coming. Paying for the privilege of commenting is marginally more acceptable than the notion of real identity being required, and that isn't likely to happen either!
If either the O or the Trib contemplates requiring Real ID and payment, it needs to reconsider what the loss of eyeballs on the advertising will mean to its advertisers. Without commenters coming back again and again, their vaunted website page view numbers will drop into the toilet.
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Newspaper Wants Readers to Pay to Comment Earlier this year, the Sun Chronicle, a small Massachusetts-based newspaper, closed down comments on its website after discussions in the paper's comment section got out of hand. Now, in order to "encourage intelligent and meaningful conversation," all posters on the site will have to register with their full name, address, phone number, email and credit card number. Users will have to verify their identity by using their credit card to pay a one-time fee of $0.99 to activate their accounts. All comments will now include the full name and hometown of the commenter. ...
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Would You Pay To Leave “Intelligent And Meaningful Conversations” In Comments Section? ... when I read that a newspaper or blog site wants to charge for leaving comments, even when the amount is small, I become suspicious of the real motives behind the decision. Is it to control the comments or to increase revenues?
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