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- From: spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: Re: WELL anonymity policy
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 03:56:16 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL
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- References: <1h5o5vINNij1@morrow.stanford.edu> <1h5qkoINNl60@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec22.024013.29642@eff.org>
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- In article <1992Dec22.024013.29642@eff.org> mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:
-
- >I don't mean to be impertinent, but what is the basis for your
- >generalizations about the WELL? Have you used it?
-
- Your question is not impertinent at all.
-
- My interest started when a friend decided to subscribe,
- then stopped when they saw the "only in special circumstances"
- blurb with reference to anonymity.
-
- When on their behalf I inquired about this among well users, the uniform
- answer was that exceptions were made primarily for
- celebrities. I then posted this information (which nobody
- has refuted, btw) here to see what others thought.
-
- Steve
-