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Subject: Re: Anonymous accounts policy - Bogus Rule

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 11:18:12 06/30/00

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On June 30, 2000 at 12:55:15, ujecrh wrote:

>I did read carefully and understood your post, my point is that "the best of
>their ability" will hardly be enough to get rid of cheaters but far enough to
>get rid of honest ones with obvious pseudos.

I think that "the best of their ability" has been very good. BTW, I don't think
you can equate honesty with pseudos, not matter how obvious they might be.

>I understand you as well as those that are completely pro or against anonymous
>accounts, probably none of us is completely right or wrong, this is a matter of
>debate but the final choice may have a big influence on what ccc will look like
>in coming months and years.

Well, I'm not sure avoiding anonymous accounts has to change anything at all.
Why should it?

>And, to be completely fair I think it is much more important to keep people like
>Mr. Hyatt or Moreland (and many more) here than people like me because they are
>the heart of this club, we all read their posts, get answers from them etc. But
>it would be nice to keep all those that want to participate and not destroy.
>Take ChessFun for example, she is not a computer chess expert programmer but she
>brings a lot of life here too.

The lack anonymity is supposed to be a benefit for all, not just the experts. I
agree that there are special cases to consider. It might be worth considering
granting anonymity if the reason is sufficiently obvious, which the moderators
would have to decide.

A reason for not using a real name could be gender, since women are more
susceptible to harassment from strangers I think. However, Lin Harper and Tina
Long are not fictitious names AFAIK, so...

Best wishes...
Mogens



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