Journalism as a Conversation

A rare defense of anonymous comments, in this case by BuzzFeed’s community manager, Ryan Broderick, despite the insanity he sometimes sees.

For credibility’s sake, I frankly still have concerns about any kind of anonymity in the news. Biggest concern, though, is the negative impact anonymous trolls can have on the experience of non-trolls on new sites — and it’s the non-trolls you want in the mix, after all.