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- From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: Re: WELL anonymity policy
- Date: 24 Dec 1992 03:18:19 GMT
- Organization: Stanford University
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- References: <1hb30lINNlfe@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Dec24.020623.5763@eff.org> <1hb7v9INNm74@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- In article <1hb7v9INNm74@agate.berkeley.edu> spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu
- (Steve Pope) writes:
- >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.
-
- How many WELL users did you talk to in all?
-
- >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 --
-
- When you ask people about this service, do they immediately
- say "It's great, but I have to use my real name and I'm bummed!"
- or do they say "Now that you mention it, you can't be
- completely anomymous. Hmmm..."
-
- >I don't have to ask 5,000 well users to confirm
- >what I already know.
-
- Indeed.
- --
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