Sometimes an assignment comes that’s close to your heart. Pamela Fogg at Middlebury Magazine called with a story about how behavior changes when people use their real names online. Turns out conversation becomes more civil when users put a person behind the comments. It’s upsetting how the internet has turned into a verbal slugfest with no boundaries. Once the mask of anonymity is removed, people remember there are consequences. With a topic like this, I like to be as simple as possible to drive the point home.