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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]The most important thing you could do to improve these threads is to require users to login so that their posts can be associated with one another over time and so that it would be clear how many people are participating in any given discussion.

You don't need to require real names  (nor would that be practicable)--this alone would help. Most people aren't going to go to the trouble of setting up multiple accounts to troll as someone other than their core persona.[/quote]

That would kill the forum. This is especially true for the schools forums because people are often discussing sensitive issues involving their children. Moreover, usernames only slightly reduce negativity. While there are obvious negative aspects to anonymous posting, there are also benefits. People are more willing to be honest. Particularly important to a female-dominated forum, anonymous posting essentially eliminates cyber-stalking and bullying. On this issue, I have a settled view that is not going to change. [/quote]

I'm not conceding PP's suggestion is a good one, but have you considered a format like PoPville? It's still anonymous but with usernames attached.[/quote]

What good will that do? No one will still talk about ward 7 and 8 schools because most people on this forum don’t live there. Also, I know AA teachers at my school who live in wards 7 and 8 and they send their own kids to charter schools rather than the DCPS schools there. Does that make them classists or racists.  And no DCPS senior administrators have enough faith in those schools to send their own kids there. They either do top rated DC schools or private or live in the suburbs. Why is no one calling them out?[/quote]

Do you really not see the difference? Have you ever read any books on racial constructs. They are not the same and you should know that. [/quote]

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