Recently, the Columbia Daily Tribune disabled comments on a news story involving a car accident that killed Jennifer Stewart, the granddaughter of coach Norm Stewart.

The Tribune's decision brings up an interesting debate about anonymous speech. On some Web sites, users are allowed to post comments about news stories without giving their names, but some news organizations are rethinking that anonymous speech.

Recently, the Wassau Daily Herald in Wisconsin revealed the e-mail address of one formerly-anonymous poster, and lawsuits around the country are challenging these anonymous comments.

On KOMU.com, users cannot post comments because our software doesn't yet allow it. That might change in the future. KOMU news director Stacey Woelfel has his own thoughts on the possibility of a future comment section in stories.

"We'll really be looking for comments to add to the story, add more information, add more perspective, and don't turn into nasty personality issues, and I think that's something that hopefully can make the stories better for us," Woelfel said.

At the Columbia Daily Tribune, nastiness was the reason why the newspaper chose to disable that particular comment section.

"The comments started wandering off into speculation, and they got kind of ugly, and we had a real outpouring from the community about, 'don't let this happen'," managing editor of the Columbia Daily Tribune Jim Robertson said.

If you'd like to comment about KOMU 8 News, click on the Your View tab. You can also call the Your View commentline at 573-884-NEWS. Then, watch Friday nights at six as we report Your View of the news.