Ad Exec's Suicide is Blamed on Industry Blogs

On Feb. 22, Paul Tilley, an ad agency exec at DDB Chicago, committed suicide. Now many are pointing the finger of blame at some advertising blogs that allowed anonymous posters to personally attack Tilley, the man who oversaw the teams that created the "Dell Dude" and the "I'm Lovin It" campaign for McDonald's.

Your dilemma: You run an industry blog that allows for anonymous comments, and those posts are being used for a personal attack that seems aimed at shredding one person's reputation.[poll id=20]Have your own take on how to handle anonymous attacks? Leave them in our comments section (which still allows anonymous posts).
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William Baker

William Baker is a freelance writer living in Cambridge, MA. His work has appeared in Popular Science, the Boston Globe Magazine, the New York Daily News, Boston Magazine, The Weekly Dig and a bunch of other places (including Field & Stream, though he doesn't hunt and can't really fish). He is a regular contributor to the Boston Globe, where he writes the weekly column, "Meeting the Minds." He holds a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and is at work on his first book.

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