Data suggests people using pseudonyms leave better comments January 15, 2012 | Jennifer Van Grove <http://venturebeat.com/author/jbruin/> Fact or fiction? Online commenters who use their real names will leave higher quality comments. Before you respond with a "well duh, that's a fact" retort, you might want to take a look at new data from online conversation startup Disqus <http://disqus.com/>. The company analyzed nearly 500,000 comments made via its platform and found that the digital denizens using fictitious names, or pseudonyms, are actually responsible for the highest quantity and quality of comments on the web. Disqus determined that 61 percent of its commenters use pseudonyms <http://blog.disqus.com/post/15638234811/pseudonyms>, 35 percent remain anonymous and just 4 percent log in with Facebook to comment with their real identity. "The average commenter using a pseudonym contributed 6.5 times more than anonymous commenters and 4.7 times more than commenters identifying with Facebook," Disqus said. [...] Continua qui: http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/15/pseudonyms-vs-real-names/