"Editor, thank you for the comment. Yes, I called the Globe and Mails' commenting mechanism "adequate." Thus finding an anecdotal example of poor commenting isn't going to be an insurmountable hurdle. My point however, was that there are journalists and newspapers (and many other sites) that have managed to enable decent or even great commenting without resorting to the constraints of using their Facebook identity. I've no doubt that Facebook makes it easier - that was not my point - my point is that it comes at a significant cost around who can comment and that others have found alternatives that better balance commenting with identity." - David Eaves