On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Since Udhay said that he "feels strongly" about this, let me start by > > stating that I too feel very strongly about this group's privacy settings > > I am still a little unclear as to why. If it is because you are > concerned about your postings being quoted out of context, maybe one > solution is to have a nom de list, as Ashok suggested. > > Thoughts? > > Udhay > > While I can't possibly begin to guess as to why other individuals worry about the 'publicity' of one's posts being available on the wide open internet, I can at least speak for my own reasons for lurking. And my answer is this: in lurk mode, nothing can be taken out of context. The plain and simple truth is, even if you stand behind your words, sometimes people don't always read the context of the statements made. I know this both from first hand experience, and as a lawyer working on behalf of clients whose sideline conversations on a mailing list, Google Group or even an errant Facebook post that leaked out into the big wide Interwebs and cost them a job, damaged their reputation, or otherwise impacted their life. Hell, I'm willing to wager good money that at least one of my FoRK posts (a mailing list I once posted frequently on) cost me at least a few job opportunities before I got savvy and gamed Pagerank. Not mind you, for much if anything I said in the post (it was a reply to an amusingly-titled spam email)[1] but entirely BECAUSE of the title of the amusing spam. I'm still waiting for someone to invent takebacksies on the Internet. But then I wager, half the world's crazy porn supply would disappear. Carey (who will promptly go back to lurking now) [1] http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/jan00/0906.html
