Internet commenters are not the most mature --- It really depends on the platform. YouTube, for example, makes it easy for people to have anonymous accounts and comment anonymously. When people are cloaked in anonymity, they have a greater propensity to comment something glib. Same thing with Twitter. In the case of Facebook, having one's face and personal details revealed can temper the language, but not necessarily the opinion.

There will be content where we will want discourse or opinions. But there is also content where we would want the general public to observe some modicum of respect. We see this in the official YouTube channel of the UK Royal Family, as comments are off for their videos.

Source author: Ralph Vincent C. Abarquez ralph.abarquez@dfa.gov.ph