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- From: StarWatcher@uiuc.edu (StarWatcher)
- Subject: Re: "Gender Flags" -- for lack of a better term.
- Organization: UIUC Actuarial Science Program
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- demi@MOENG2.MORGAN.EDU (Demi Greene) writes:
-
- : I wasn't sure exactly where I should go with ideas for IRC, but this
- : seemed as good a place as any to start. So, here's my proposal.
- :
- : Does anyone like the idea of a 'gender flag' to show up in the 'S' part
- : of a /who listing? For example:
-
- [...]
-
- : Of course, people would take extreme advantage of this, and pretend to
- : be the opposite gender, etc, but it seems like a useful and fun
- : feature regardless. Thoughts?
-
- I don't see anything wrong with this in principle, but I can't help but
- wonder, why are so many people preoccupied with gender on IRC? It
- really shouldn't matter, and if you are all that interested, you can
- always ask politely.
-
- One disadvantage for this idea: I pity all the real females who identify
- themselves this way for all the additional net.geeks they will attract.
-
- Long live user mode +i ! :-)
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