On 09 Jan 06  15:34:48, Maurice Kinal got back to Danny Ceppa    
   -> Re: bragging rights   
      
    DC> Gating is forbidden without permission.  But, I don't know of anyone    
    DC> that    
    DC> has been ostracized for doing so, let alone banned.     
      
    MK> Right.  So much for the power of elisting or ownership of any echo no   
    MK> matter what the moderator or the keeper of the echolist might think.    
      
   The pvt use gives that power back.     
      
    MK> Given this then it seems to me that real names ought to be ditched by   
    MK> Fido sysops if they wish to prevent harassment, or even worse, of   
    MK> their users from outside Fido.    
      
   It was that way before.  It can be again.    
      
    MK> Seems to me it is easier to use phoney usernames and save a bunch of   
    MK> hassel all the way around.    
      
   That changes things in a way it shouldn't go.     
      
      
    DC> The trend lately seems to be setting up PVT Echoes by the    
    DC> moderator.  It gives the Moderator the control of the Echo    
    DC> where I feel it always has resided.     
      
    MK> That makes sense.  No elisting either.  However that screws up   
    MK> distribution which isn't a big deal anymore given the current   
    MK> situation.    
      
   As Inigo Montoya said, ". . . back to the beginning".      
      
      
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