Arguably The Most Stupid Decision Corporate Media Ever Made
Paper puts up a paywall for comments
"How about this for a paywall twist.... a US newspaper publisher has decided to charge users a fee for posting comments on its newspaper website.
From tomorrow, the Sun Chronicle, a Massachusetts paper, will charge would-be commenters a nominal one-off fee of 99 cents. But it has to be paid by credit card, which means providing a real name and address.
And the name on the credit card will be the name that will appear on comments. So it's goodbye to anonymity.
At the same time, the poster must acknowledge that he/she will abide by US state and federal law and agree to be legally responsible for any content he/she posts.
The Sun Chronicle had previously suspended commenting across its sites back in April and the publisher, Oreste D'Arconte, said he hopes the move to stop anonymity would "eliminate past excesses that included blatant disregard for our appropriateness guidelines, blind accusations and unsubstantiated allegations".
"How about this for a paywall twist.... a US newspaper publisher has decided to charge users a fee for posting comments on its newspaper website.
From tomorrow, the Sun Chronicle, a Massachusetts paper, will charge would-be commenters a nominal one-off fee of 99 cents. But it has to be paid by credit card, which means providing a real name and address.
And the name on the credit card will be the name that will appear on comments. So it's goodbye to anonymity.
At the same time, the poster must acknowledge that he/she will abide by US state and federal law and agree to be legally responsible for any content he/she posts.
The Sun Chronicle had previously suspended commenting across its sites back in April and the publisher, Oreste D'Arconte, said he hopes the move to stop anonymity would "eliminate past excesses that included blatant disregard for our appropriateness guidelines, blind accusations and unsubstantiated allegations".
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