On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Hassath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > [...] > > > It is not entirely inconceivable that the same philosophy extends to > > sharing a mail account with not-particularly-technophile friends who want > to > > dip into a list without committing to it. > > > > I don't see why he should be answerable for this any more than anyone > > should be for their social life. > > What makes me uncomfortable is not that there is a shared mail account > and shared subscriptions, but that people on the list/s subscribed to > should be kept unaware of it. > Even on silk (on going through the archives), the 'list cafe' nature > was revealed only when Udhay questioned it > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/23749).... there could have > been many "friends" reading the posts using that subscription. (Of > course, like it was pointed out, since it's a publicly archived list, > access to the posts is not difficult.) > > It's different from sharing a toothbrush, a pillow or an ice-cream. > They do not form your interface to the world. > > -- > - Hassath
Hassath: 1. I agree with you. As a non-geek non-techie, I tend to take things at face value and did not think of the fact that several people, who may not be members of a list, would read mesages on it, though, as you say, it's not difficult, given the fact that once words are out on the internet, they can be posted, copied and sent anywhere... and 2. You wrote "different from" and not "different than"....ah, that sounded good to mine ancient ears! Deepa
