-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 01-09-06  04:42 <=-   
      
    NB> Did you notice where google said it found it?   
      
    MK> Yes I posted the ones pertaining to this echo I found.  The original   
      
   And I responded to that post... :)   
      
    NB> As long as "being findable"   
    NB> doesn't equate to "come and cause trouble", I'd think this is still a   
    NB> safe haven... or am I missing something here still?   
      
    MK> As long as users can use phoney names then it isn't an issue.  Mind   
    MK> you then the quality of posts will suffer which time has demonstrated.    
    MK> Nobody appreciates their name plastered all over the place by lowlife   
    MK> web dweebs pretending to be anarchists.  What a bunch of dorks   
    MK> methinks.  They can quote me on that.   
      
    MK>  ! Origin: The Pointy Stick Society XV - Linux Point (1:261/38.9)   
      
   Part of my wonderment is that Origin lines rarely tell where you really   
   are, and one could be pointing off a bbs node nowhere near, or, in my   
   case, telnetting into a bbs nowhere near, in any case.  And just because   
   a name is seen, it doesn't exactly translate into it being the same   
   person as one knows by that name...  So, being physically located isn't   
   really a sure thing from the echos anyway, although there may be clues   
   in the content of the messages themselves, I grant you.   
      
   Mind you, I agree on the dork and dweeb-ness..  :)  And I also agree   
   that hiding behind phony names usually results in lower quality   
   posting... having seen it even in local message areas on local bbs's.    
      
   But still, in what way isn't this a safe haven for reasonable   
   conversation as long as troublemakers only read us, not come and make   
   trouble here?  Echos echo worldwide, and can appear on any bbs that   
   carries the network of echos, so one could be seen anywhere in the world   
   (in theory) already.  What differentiates this from the internet isn't   
   the range and scope, but the character of the participants.  Yes?   
      
   Nothing disseminated publicly is a safe haven if one is hiding from   
   being found, even if those searching aren't likely to look "here".   
      
   Anyway, that's where I was coming from... :)   
      
   ttyl       neb   
      
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