Madhu Menon wrote, [on 12/29/2010 2:50 PM]: > Until recently (or about a couple of years ago), anyone could join silk. > Only now has Udhay started screening join requests.
True, but however, a sort of security by obscurity prevailed, as I didn't make any efforts to publicize the list. In effect, only those who I or other listmembers invited would join, with a few stray exceptions who found their way in by sheer serendipity. However, when people started blogging and otherwise publicizing the list, I made the "invite only" aspect a little more technically true by requiring an approval for membership. > In an open list like > that, having the archives publically accessible is just a hop away from > posting on the list anyway. In my opinion, anything you write online should be treated as publicly accessible, with the caveat that various different registers still apply. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
