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Posted By: Elliot

I'm with Jim B. ... But as soon as a person wants to make a post with the least bit of controversy the anonymity has to be gone. I think by allowing anonymous posts you encourage lurkers to get involved, which i believe is a good idea.

Also, Jay is correct. I used to allow anonymous posters as long as they identified themselves to me. I think it worked well, and i think that eventually each of these posters "outed" themselves.

Leon, the other recommendation i would give is to just delete the controversial anonymous posts immediately. Do not give them time to identify themselves to you and/or the board. If they want, after identified, they can repost. Otherwise you let the anonymous poster gets his wish, which is to have a lot of people read his controversial statement.