Personal reprimands from you are effective in snapping otherwise reasonable people out of the mindset that sometimes results from anonymity, but it's just a stop-gap measure. I know you already know this, but it's worth pointing out.
Tangential anecdote: the last 10 or so uncivil comments I've read have been from throwaway accounts and accounts with small post counts/karma. I suspect most of these accounts are proxies for more active ones. Not sure if this metric can be leveraged in some way without producing too many false positives. Using machine learning to enforce civility is kind of ironic actually. Still, might be worth investigating.
Personal reprimands from you are effective in snapping otherwise reasonable people out of the mindset that sometimes results from anonymity, but it's just a stop-gap measure. I know you already know this, but it's worth pointing out.
Tangential anecdote: the last 10 or so uncivil comments I've read have been from throwaway accounts and accounts with small post counts/karma. I suspect most of these accounts are proxies for more active ones. Not sure if this metric can be leveraged in some way without producing too many false positives. Using machine learning to enforce civility is kind of ironic actually. Still, might be worth investigating.