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- From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
- Subject: Re: WELL anonymity policy
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.000850.10445@eff.org>
- Originator: mnemonic@eff.org
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- Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
- References: <1h87qlINN53p@agate.berkeley.edu> <1ham10INNdi5@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1ho38qINNmtr@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 00:08:50 GMT
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- In article <1ho38qINNmtr@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> an127@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Korac MacArthur) writes:
-
- > I mean in the respect that anonymous speakers are more likely to
- >discuss provocative topics, use "bad" words (which I fully support the
- >use of if the user of the words feels like its appropriate), and
- >generally be more spontaneous. THAT is what I mean by colorful.
-
- And that is what I understood. As any WELL user can attest, there is
- an abundance of "provocative topics" on the WELL, a strong sense of the
- freedom to use profanity, and very spontaneous interactions.
-
- The notion that anonymity would increase any of these elements on the WELL
- is grounded in unfamiliarity with the system.
-
- >>Who said subscribers have to "prove" anything?
- >>
- > Whoever says that the WELL management consider the private/anon
- >account requests and determine if the anonymity is granted, possibly the
- >ex-manager, I can't read the posts that far back for the name.
-
- What that means is that subscribers have to *say* something. It doesn't
- mean they have to *prove* something.
-
- There is a difference.
-
- > Basically, this whole thread is a debate over whether a service
- >should offer anything only to a select few (celebs and other special
- >cases) or not and if this is an ethical stand.
-
- Anyone can get an anonymous account on the WELL.
-
-
-
- --Mike
-
-
-
- --
- Mike Godwin, |"I'm waiting for the one-man revolution
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