Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 17:02:35 06/07/99
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On June 07, 1999 at 12:23:51, Paul Richards wrote: >As I've said before my particular philosophy is to be as anonymous as >the medium, by which I mean that if I can't identify who reads the >group, they should not be able to identify me. Why should I post the >real email address that I pay my ISP for so that an idiot like Rolf >can come here and read it, then harass me at my real address?? It >makes no sense. Everyone must be held to the same standard, and that >will NOT be the case if this is implemented. The participants of the >forum will be at the mercy of the anonymous lurkers. People do not >appreciate how easy it is to make someone's life miserable while the >attacker amuses himself in complete comfort and anonymity (BTW that >subscription to Pedophelia Monthly should arrive in your office shortly). ;) >IMO providing your real address in an open forum is simply foolhardy and >an invitation to harassment. I don't have the patience to deal with >online harassment and having to threaten people with legal action in the >"real world" just because someone doesn't like my opinion. Paranoid >you say? R.G.C.C was destroyed by people like this. If you want >everyone to post with their real email, then it should be impossible to >sign up to even READ the group with an anonymous account. Hmm. I haven't had any terrible experiences with this happening yet. Of course, that's no guarantee that I won't in the future. Not too long ago, in reply to a comment I made here, I even recieved a short email from Sean Evans, who suggested that I not be convinced that I did not have his vote. I laughed when I read it... I hadn't really expected him to write me on the subject. :-) In terms of anonymity, while it might be nice if everybody was upfront about who they are, let's face it: it isn't going to happen. I'd worry more about id verification of voters than lurkers. In any case, it sounds completely unrealistic to id people... how would the receiver of a fax know that some document is not a nice cut and paste from Adobe Photoshop? A person might acquire several different digital signatures... I don't see a technological solution. Not being a moderator, I can't say how bad the status quo is for them, but I think we're pretty much stuck with it... the consequence being that those who aren't happy with it will just have to lump it. Dave
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