Nah. What it adds is unadulterated garbage, 24/7. It makes the site damn near un-usable for actual human beings --and of course it's the reason every pro runner (or damn near) gave up on posting here a long time ago. (Which is one of the saddest consequences of the moronic policy to allow this unadulterated 24/7 garbage --under the cover of some utterly ridiculous and fraudulent 'free-speech' crap that so many web-sites use to try and dress up their cheap propagation of insane right-wing garbage and childish insult-mongering for profit.)
If the JoBros are serious about *FINALLY* actually doing something about it after years of being begged to do so by the sane folks who look at their site, that'll be a genuine Christmas miracle.
I'm guessing they'll find some bull-crap excuse to avoid following through on it once again.
I guess we'll see.
I doubt pros will come here under true name, even if the moderators eliminate every last thread not directly linked to distance running, and every post not fawning towards pros. Professionals, and high status people in general, value brand management above everything else. I really doubt that any professional runner would allow himself to interact, under true name, with random people in an uncontrolled environment. The name of the game these days is to control every interaction in order to build a brand. That means a professional social media presence, not responding to random tweets, and avoiding Ask Me Anything on LRC.
In other words, I think we’re blaming trolls on LRC for something that would have happened anyway.
Deena did.
This means you either don't know who Deena is, don't care who Deena is, didn't ask Deena a question (she responded to mine) or don't actually run
Very good to block unregstered users as over 90% of all disgusting , hateful comments are comming from that persons. They feel no responsibility and have no respect.
I'd insult you just as much from a registered account, I assure you. This change achieves nothing, emails are infinite. You think people who switch IPs to post here won't create dummy accounts? lol