I think it's still a good rule to stick with. When a person's name is in the subject heading, their name is all over the internet, comes up in searches. And since it is often done in tense arguments, something that doesn't look good might be one of the first things found in a search. If you search 'Michael Karadjis', one item that comes up on the first page is an article by that little worm, Ben Norton, calling me an al-Qaida supporter in the subject line (and I mean really, apart from it being slander, why would a "journalist" dedicate an article to someone that no-one knows?). My son's high school friends saw it and started asking. Of course, being 15-16 year olds, they are way more sophisticated than anyone who takes any serious notice of a hack like Norton (or some other adults I know that should know better), and they mostly laughed it off, using it more as a shit-stir than anything else, but that was helped by the fact that they know me. Luckily, people at the uni that keep me employed are also more cluey a than a Grayzone dupe. But this kind of thing could have consequences.
On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 10:04 AM Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8/22/20 5:49 PM, Alan Ginsberg wrote: > > I thought (perhaps incorrectly) that, in the preceding version of > marxmail, there was a rule that the name of a subscriber could not be used > in the subject line of a post. Is there such a rule now? > > There was but that was during the flame wars of the last century. I > wouldn't call it a rule now but it is a good idea not to do this since it > tends to create a hostile environment because it most instances it is > someone denouncing someone else. We don't need that. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#729): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/729 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76354594/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
