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Citizen-Times publisher Randy Hammer explains decision to shut down anonymous comments
FROM THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES
Last night we stopped allowing people to post anonymous comments on our website.

For me, it was an easy decision. But I realize some people won’t like it. So let me explain.

I love letters to the editor.

But I hate, totally and absolutely hate, the comment sections on our website. I remember the day it happened.

It was after the death of Tye Blanton, the son of Michaela and David Shawn Blanton. Shawn was a state trooper who was shot and killed during a traffic stop near Canton three years ago. ....
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Funny, but I’ve been reading and posting about articles on the AC-T for several years now (including the stories referrenced by Mr. Hammer) and do not ever recall seeing anything posted by people using the screen names ‘Godzillababy’, ‘Pottymouth’ or ‘Spankme’.

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Dionysis

Dec 01, 2011
at 09:27 AM


Gosh, I certainly hope people don’t create fraudulent facebook accounts to take advantage of the obvious flaws in this attempt to maintain some control over the content of messages left on a public forum.

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mat catastrophe

Dec 01, 2011
at 09:55 AM


Tsk tsk…you’re sooo cynical.  Who would do such a thing?

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D. Dial

Dec 01, 2011
at 10:41 AM


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