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- From: spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: Re: WELL anonymity policy
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 02:40:41 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL
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- References: <1hb0emINNao3@morrow.stanford.edu> <1hb30lINNlfe@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec24.020623.5763@eff.org>
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- In article <1992Dec24.020623.5763@eff.org> mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:
- >In article <1hb30lINNlfe@agate.berkeley.edu> spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope) writes:
-
- >> For me it [ the information that the lack of pseudonymity is
- >> one disadvantage of the WELL ] has shown up in face-to-face
- >> conversations with WELL users.
- >
- >How many [users]?
-
- Not a great number -- at least 2, possibly one or two more.
-
- The context arises when I query along the lines of, "what is
- a good access service around here"? WELL has the huge
- advantage that you get all of the WELL conferences. But
- one disadvantage is you can't be completely anonymous --
- Not only can't you participate pseudonymously in WELL
- conferences (which is not really a disadvantage of the WELL
- because nobody can, except the exceptions) but your real name is
- emitted to the free world by smtp.
-
- (Other disadvantages I am told are a low limit on disk filespace,
- and a slow connection out to the Internet, but those topics
- are not germane to this newsgroup.)
-
- The actual number of users who have stated this to me is
- irrelevant. Any knowlegable person who is familiar with
- WELL, netcom, wet, a2i etc. would come up with the same
- assessment. I don't have to ask 5,000 well users to confirm
- what I already know.
-
- Steve
-
-