Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 02:23:31 06/30/00
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On June 30, 2000 at 04:03:30, Andrew Williams wrote: >On June 29, 2000 at 23:15:42, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On June 29, 2000 at 18:35:42, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>On June 29, 2000 at 18:32:02, Amir Ban wrote: >>> >>>>On June 29, 2000 at 17:30:24, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >>>> >>>>>We (the moderators) have been getting a lot of user feedback regarding Hans >>>>>Gerber. This afternoon, we finally decided to (temporarily) suspend him. The >>>>>process took so long because of disagreements between moderators, his reluctance >>>>>to identify himself, etc. I apologize for the "delayed reaction" and hope that >>>>>our action appropriately addresses everybody's complaints. >>>>> >>>>>-Tom >>>> >>>>I admit that I've not been following the controversy around Hans very closely, >>>>but from what I read I didn't see anything wrong or extraordinary about him. >>>> >>>>To set the minds of all of us at rest that you are not engaged in senseless >>>>bullying, can you explain why this happened ? >>> >>>I believe people were upset with him because he's a troll. >>> >>>He's been temporarily suspended because Hans Gerber is not his real name. CCC >>>policy requires members to use their real names. >>> >>>-Tom >> >>1) Was he asked to stop being a troll? Was he warned not to post in a >>particular manner about a particular topic? >> >>2) Are you sure that Hans Gerber is not his real name? I don't ask you for >>proof, I would just like to know. >> >>I would like to suggest that if the policy is that members use their real names, >>that if someone posts with an obvious pseudonym, that they be asked to submit >>their real name to Tim, so he can update the membership list. I don't think it >>is fair that old members are grandfathered in. This sounds like a contrived >>excuse to go after one guy. You've got guys posting with obvious pseudonyms >>every day, but someone with a very natural sounding name is singled out. Why? >> >>bruce > >This was the policy instituted by Steve Schwartz when the current moderators >took over. He posted a message about it on or about the day we started. The >policy is that members who joined before that date could keep their pseudonyms. >Everyone after that date had to use their real names. > >I guess the idea is that we have a finite number of anonymous people. > >Andrew Williams >CCC Moderator I pity the guy who joins with the last name Smith or Jones. Since they are the largest two names in the world that people have as a last name. I do not know much about this person current dealing with moderators. But trying to pick what is a real name and what is not, is like finding a needle in a hay stack. I have nothing against trying to make this place better. But I read Steves post a while back stating this new policy as really saying. "We don't want any stupid names, just ones that sound normal" I would estimate that probably more than half the people here do not use their real names. Even though I use my real name, I have the capability to make or change any of my identification to a different name, and even add some image of a person I could rip off the net from a personal web site. So basically Steve and the rest are trusting that I am telling the truth. If someone wants to hide and lie, it as easy as eating apple pie.
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