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Subject: Re: Anonymity

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 14:16:05 01/20/99

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On January 20, 1999 at 16:28:14, Bruce Moreland wrote:

[snip]

>
>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

Are you claiming my posts are poor? Or KK's posts? What is the real reason that
anonymity bothers you?

>, 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.

Why? If someone is not being abusive, who cares?

Your entire reasoning appears flawed. Even with real sounding names, you cannot
have accountability, you cannot enforce it, you cannot even guarantee that all
of the names you currently have in the group are real, so what is the point?

I have received an Email as well from a person who did not like anonymity,
however, this is not a requirement for this group. My belief is that anonymity
bothers some people cause "they don't know". That is the real crux of your
message Bruce. It has nothing to do with accountability or voting or anything
else except that it bothers you (and possibly a few select others).

Are you afraid that I am secretly Sean? Heaven forbid!

Have a nice day :)

KarinsDad


>
>bruce



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