Research(Organized on October the 23rd)

These are the sources I used while writing my first draft. I'm just going to organize all of them here.

August 18th (this is before I changed my topic)

1. Lindsay Bottos makes art out of her tumblr hate
http://www.buzzfeed.com/alisonvingiano/this-tumblr-user-shows-her-horrific-anonymous-messages-in-a
http://lindsaybottos.tumblr.com/
http://www.lindsaybottos.com/anonymous

2. Anonymous Hate on Tumblr
http://www.mibba.com/Blogs/Read/553284/Anonymous-Hate-on-Tumblr/

3. General Discussion: I hate Anonymous
http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion-30/i-hate-anonymous-492157/

4. Change.org Petition
http://www.change.org/petitions/tumblr-com-put-an-end-to-anonymous-hate-on-tumblr-com

5. Hate-Help-Hotline
http://hate-help-hotline.tumblr.com/

6. Anon Hate Simulation Video
http://evfxonline.com/2014/03/07/weird-video-simulates-the-anon-hate-experience/

7. In defense of Anon. Hate
http://stillhidden.tumblr.com/post/33927919747/in-defense-of-anonymous-hatred

-thoughts: knew overall thoughts on anonymous hate on tumblr. #7 also allowed me to know my counterarguments

August 25th

1. Should people be allowed to post  on the internet anonymously? debate on debate.org

thoughts: more opinions rather than facts, but quite persuasive opinions nonetheless that I can use good use of with the right articulation

http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-people-be-allowed-to-post-on-the-internet-anonymously

2. the Comments on the article: Huffington Post to Ban Anonymous Comments-Elizabeth Landers

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/22/tech/web/huffington-post-anonymous-comments

thoughts: I was able to know the diverse opinions of 'real' people online, what they really want or need.

September 10th

1.News Sites Rethink Anonymous Online Comments-RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/12/technology/12comments.html?_r=1&

-specific information on what newsites took what steps in banning anonymous comments

-thoughts: can use during refutation. intro is interesting

2. Huffington Post to Ban Anonymous Comments-Elizabeth Landers

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/22/tech/web/huffington-post-anonymous-comments

-gave me specific information on the Huffington Post banning anonymous comments (history, reasons, etc.)

-thoughts: can use during refutation

September 29th

1. Pseudonyms and Anonymity 
http://www.nj.com/njvoices/index.ssf/2014/01/poll_should_news_sites_continu.html

https://disqus.com/research/pseudonyms/

thoughts- these people did their research based on the fact that pseudonyms are different from anonymous names online, but  I don't really see the difference

2.Some News Sites Cracking Down on the over-the-top Comments-Paul Farhi

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/some-news-sites-cracking-down-on-over-the-top-comments/2014/05/07/4bc90958-d619-11e3-95d3-3bcd77cd4e11_story.html

-thoughts: was nice to know peoples' responses after the Huffington Posts' decision

3. News Sites Reining in Nasty User Comments-Stephanie Goldberg

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/07/19/commenting.on.news.sites/

-thoughts: was able to know examples of local news sites and how they handle their comment issues, was able to know what the article writers thought about online comments, and the pros and cons of anonymity according to Stephanie Goldberg