Hi Rashi, You should post directly to mailman-developers for anything you feel is related to GSoC. I am not the sole person going to select a student for this (or any) project (even if my name is listed as probable mentor in the wiki).
On 28 February 2015 at 12:39, Rashi Karanpuria <2013...@iiitdmj.ac.in> wrote: > Trying to hide things from list moderator may be a futile approach in case > of mailman, though allowing list moderator to be the supreme boss > decreases the no of user cases it serves for eg. a complaint/suggestion > list in organization mailing lists may end up useless as the head would > know who criticized him but it still covers many critical use cases. > Coming to the present approach we were wondering if trust was more > important than being anonymous I listed the use cases [1] and concluded > that being anonymous is a major feature than being creditable. As in the > whistle blower use case we were discussing, the concern was if we don't > keep the same fake id for an exposer, people won't believe her. But in my > opinion even if she keeps the same fake identity people won't believe her > until she proves or shows that she is telling the truth because the matter > she is exposing is critical and delicate and works on proofs. > > [1]: > 1. *Alcoholics list*: > Here alcoholics suffering and willing to give it up share their issues > and seek help from the community and people of the same type. Trust > though could act as a plus point here as we are handling a social issue. > But it still meets its purpose without involving trust as the major work > is to arrive to a solution and meet people of your type and share the > pain and get cured. > 2. *therapy group*: > Controlled by the doctor and as he knows everything being the list > moderator he can better help his patients allowing them to mingle > anonymously and as above it serves the causes aimed at. > 3. *Drug Peddlers group or mafia asso.*: > Although we are not aiming at helping this section of people but just > a > thought! The king pin is the head and so is supposed to know everything > but the workers below him need not know him or the co workers. > 4. *Whistle Blowers*: > As mentioned it works on proofs and not trust. > 5. *Pope Confessions*: > Similar functioning to therapy group. > 6. *Battered wives*: > Suffers as if the list moderator knows the users (here wives not > interested in revealing identities to any one) who will she be so that > the wives (users) should trust her. > 7. *Tax Evaders*: > Trust here is not required as people believe if the method worked. If > you > need trustworthy methods why would you subscribe to such a list. And even > if this list has trust in the form of permanent fake ids the person after > suggesting correct methods first and then lay the traps so people still > can't trust anyone here. > 8. *Teacher Student feedback and discussions*: > College/School authorities are the list admins and moderators here. > And > in such a list lesser the trust better the feedback ;) > -- thanks, Abhilash Raj _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
