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Subject: Re: Anonymity

Author: Peter Kasinski

Date: 06:45:12 01/21/99

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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?
>


Anonymity eliminates the notion of reputation.
The image lacks civility.

PK.






>>, 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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