In an effort to curb the nastiness that sometimes ensues in comments sections (But never on FrontBurner, right?), the Dallas Morning News today went all Facebook all the time. You can’t post a comment on their site unless you have a Facebook account. Here’s their explanation of the move. All sounds swell to me. I get why they’re doing it. But jerks dedicated to being jerks just have to set up a bogus Facebook account for the purpose of posting jerky comments. Can’t fight the internet, man.
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