Maybe users could choose between using a real name and being given a random one (like Anonymous<N>). This will (1) protect from data mining, (2) protect from government persecution and (3) keep the damned 1337 Haxxor names away from Hackage :)
On 6 April 2010 08:02, Miguel Mitrofanov <miguelim...@yandex.ru> wrote: > Out of curiosity: is there something wrong with my nickname "migmit"? > > I'm not gonna change it anyway. > > On 6 Apr 2010, at 09:52, Edward Z. Yang wrote: > >> This is a pretty terrible reason, but I'm going to throw it out there: >> I like real names because they're much more aesthetically pleasing. In >> my younger days, I once decided, "Hey, I should get a pseudonym" and I >> picked something fairly ridiculous, just because "everyone else was doing >> it". I would have appreciated someone to have conked me on the head >> earlier >> and said, "No, that pseudonym is stupid" and made me use something else. >> >> That said, I think I'd be perfectly happy with a policy that preferred >> real names, but was willing to take an (obvious) pseudonym if the author >> insisted. >> >> Cheers, >> Edward >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
