Thanks for the explanations. I have always assumed that what we write here is "up for grabs" so to speak. [It is only a concern when I dash something off than later read it and wish I had not been so impulsive. It is just so much more obvious on-line when you say something too curtly or long windedly or whatever.] Barbara
---------- >From: koos de heer <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: threaded conversations and the email list >Date: Fri, Sep 10, 1999, 2:45 PM > > Dear Virginia, Barry, and Barbara, > > As far as I know, the threaded conversations on > the different websites and this email list are > completely seperate. At various moments people > have proposed that this list would be linked to > or converted into a threaded discussion on a > website or a newsgroup, but unless someone has > done so secretly, that has not been done and I > don't know of any plans in that direction. > How about you Murli? > > To the issue of trust - I agree that people who > contribute to this list have to know where their > contribution goes. The problem with that is, of > course, that we don't have any control over what > the subscribers do with the messages they receive. > It is indeed a matter of trust to assume that > all the subscribers can discriminate between > what they can and cannot share with others. I > always assume that what I send to the list is > going out into the world and I have no control > over it any more. But, having said that, it > does feel different to send it to less than 200 > more-or-less likeminded people or to have it > out on a website for everyone to see. The > latter feels much more open and public than > the list and it would make me more cautious > in what I write. But as I said, I don't think > anyone is doing that or will do in the near > future. > > Koos > > ------------ > koos de heer > auryn management advies > utrecht, netherlands > mailto:[email protected] > http://www.auryn.nl/ >
