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Subject: Anonymity

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 13:28:14 01/20/99

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On January 20, 1999 at 11:48:31, KarinsDad wrote:

>On January 20, 1999 at 10:34:55, Peter Herttrich wrote:
>
>>
>>Sorry for the question, but would u please give me your real name?
>>Your account   darmanus (in english bowelsafter) also sounds a little
>>bit crazy   ....and german.
>>
>>Peter
>
>Now Peter,
>
>If I wouldn't tell the IRS, why would I tell you?
>
>But seriously, I am a GM in hiding and if everyone found out, my Email would be
>swamped with requests to analyze games (I'm serious, this has happened a lot in
>the past). So don't tell anyone, ok?
>
>Thanks :)
>
>KarinsDad

I think that a real name should be required, even though enforcement would be
difficult to the point where it may not be worth even trying to enforce it.

I think that anonymity leads to poor posts, since accountability is nil, could
cause extremely serious problems, since we occasionally have real votes, and
leads to other distractions as well.

I brought this issue up once before and it seemed likely that I was in the
minority, but I predict that we will have to deal with these issues for real
eventually.

bruce



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