mytrip recommends a News.com account of a panel discussion in which the Washington Post's online executive editor Jim Brady argued against anonymity on his site. He's welcome to try to carve out a space for civilized discourse, but it seems that he can't help alienating the Net-savvy whenever he opens his mouth to speak of it. "...he would like to see a technology that could identify people who violate site standards — and if need be — automatically kick them off for good... Brady also lamented that closing user accounts doesn't keep bad eggs off a site. They just come back and create new ones... Brady believes that in the next five years people will be required to identify themselves in some way at many sites. 'I don't know whether we do it with a credit card number, a driver's license or passport...'"

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