I agree that I would never post anything to a discussion list that I didn't
want published to the entire world (and I don't live under any narcissistic
delusions about people clamoring for my opinion on most issues).

However, there is another issue to address these days that I had not
considered until I did a Google search on my name like Riki did. The last
time I did it, it was a fairly boring list of things I was already aware of.
However, this was before the advent of blogging. My current result (besides
the usual dry stuff and links to people who share my name) gets one link to
a blog where a post of mine from TIPS was referenced. My guess is that the
author of the blog did a Google search of the internet on their topic of
interest and saw my post on the topic archived from TIPS and just included
it in their blog. It was properly attributed but it did seem strange to see
myself quoted in full in a place I did not know about until I did the
search. I think with the increase of blogging, statements (especially ones
on current events) we make on the list might be likely to show up all over
the place, out of context and without us knowing about it. 

I recommend that anyone who is interested should try a Google search on your
name (assuming it is not an extremely common one) and see what you find.

Rick

Dr. Rick Froman
Professor of Psychology
John Brown University
Siloam Springs, AR 72761
(479) 524-7295
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web: http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 9:25 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: public access to the TIPS archives

I kind of thought that anyone could subscribe, it's a mechanical 
process.  I assumed that it's just that non-teachers get quickly bored 
with the lack of discussions about sex and crazies and move on. 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Thank you for letting me know that even more of our correspondence is 
> open to all.  This only strengthen my original comment that  I was 
> surprised and disturbed to find that our discussions are open to 
> public view. As a private listserve not open to public participation, 
> why are our archives open?  Any explanation?  Anyone else concerned 
> about this?
>  
> Riki Koenigsberg
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