On 11/05/15 09:39, Elena ``of Valhalla'' wrote: > On 2015-05-11 at 08:41:48 +0100, Lester Caine wrote: >> On 11/05/15 02:07, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: >>> I expect to see Xxzme back under a different username soon. >> This is the real problem. >> While it is now common for people to hide behind anonymous nicknames on >> the internet, it is certainly not courteous these days since it does >> prevent proper interaction on what IS a social platform. There are >> places where hiding ones identity is necessary, but here is not one? > > forcing real looking names does not solve this issue: creating a fake > account under a name like "John Smith" is just as easy as creating one > under a nickname, and even less likely to be identified. > > Requiring verification through official documents is going to bring > a number of logistic and legal problems (and won't stop motivated people > from using fake documents). > > On the other hand, this tends to give problems to people with unusual names, > who see their real name refused by the system, and prevents people with > long term pseudonimes to subscribe to the system with the name they > are actually known as.
I'm not advocating anything like that ... Just purely sticking a hand up to say can we have a bit more openness on who we are ACTUALLY talking to ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk