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Patch's Poll: Should You Be Required To Use Your Real Name Online?

Real Simple has dubbed this week Be Nice On The Internet. Do you think full disclosure would make people nicer? Take our poll and add your thoughts in the comments.

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Real Simple magazine is calling this week Be Nice On The Internet.

Do you think if people were required to use their real names to post online that it would improve the level of discourse that we see? Do you use your real name online - why or why not?

Take our poll and add your thoughts in the comments.

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