The last thing we all need

Greg Ross wrote:
> Why allow anonymous postings?

As others have indicated, this question has been asked and answered several times over the last few years.

Perhaps the following article should also be compulsory reading:

On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog

Registration only provides a reasonable assurance that any posts by the same registered member probably originated from the same person - although there have been embarassing exceptions where people sharing the same computer have inadvertently posted using someone else's registration details.

In itself, registration tells you nothing about who a person is. Or whether, with deference to the article above, they are a person at all.

For all I know, Greg Ross may be a dog.

> if someone chooses to say something incorrect about me, lie,
> or even defame me, should I not have recourse to correct the issue?

Several courses of action are available to you:

• provide your own corrections
• watch as others provide their own corrections
• complain and ask for the content to be removed
• pursue action for defamation
• do nothing
  

It makes no difference whether a post is from a registered member or an anonymous user, all four options remain open to you. What other recourse could you hope for?

As the article mentioned in an earlier post makes it clear:

"...courts have held that given the nature of online forums, online comments cannot be taken as seriously as those made in real life or in the media."

Cheers
Grant

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