At 16:36 26-10-2002 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
If someone feels it necessary to ding someone else, then that person should at least have the courage to make himself known. Anonimity is for cowards.> I must once again respectfully disagree. Anonymous dings, no matter the > value they are given, go against the idea of transparency. If someone > dings me, I want to know who did it.I'm sure you do... but I don't think transparency need be carried that far, necessarily. Anonymity has value, as long as its power is strictly limited.
EXACTLY! Which is exactly why this is a bad idea -- it goes straight against David Brin's wishes that this list be unmoderated.It is quite literally a moderating effect.
Jeroen "Shields up! Red alert!" van Baardwijk
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