Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 16:48:28 01/20/99
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On January 20, 1999 at 17:16:05, KarinsDad wrote: >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! I suspect that Sean is posting on here somewhere, I mean unless they can track him using IP numbers or something like that, I would say 100% he is posting under some name here. I found it strange that when he got booted soon after new names popped up in here soon after. Some post replies to debates in here, some having strong comments and then dissappear from site. Around Christmas there was alot of new names, which have never been heard since. Come to think of it, you came around when sean left :-) only joking ? :-) > >Have a nice day :) > >KarinsDad > > >> >>bruce
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