Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 00:39:06 -0400
From: Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Livejournal
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net> wrote:
>
>>Keith, when you come across a community that uses pseudonyms in all
>>of their communications and does not have their "real" names on
>>their pages, ...
>
> Some do, some don't.  Is the username you use here, "sgs", a
> pseudonym?  Or is it just your initials?
>
> Your livejournal profile says (in part):
>
>   Bio: sgs is the nom de web of Steve Smith, owner of Agincourt
>   Computing and computer consultant extraordinaire.
>
> That doesn't look very pseudonymous to me.

*My* LJ is not pseudonymous.

>
> Nevertheless, I asked.

>  NOT ONE person objected, in more than a week.

You posted it in a "by the way" on another topic.  Not everybody reads
every post.

 >  NOT ONE person objected, in more than a week.

So now you know the difference between "opt in" and "opt out".

>>you might get a clue that they might not want their names shouted
>>from the rooftops.
>
> Also, WSFA is not the rooftops.  I thought we were all friends here

We may be friends, but we don't live in each others' pockets.

> Indeed, I found most of those by following people's friends' links.
>
>>Real anonymity on the Net is really, really difficult.

> And I saw little sign of any attempt at it.

You mean beyond leaving names off?

>  If I could figure out who
> was who, then so can anyone else.

You underrate yourself.

Now, I'm not the "offended party" here.  I'm just trying to explain
why some people are offended.  I suggest that you apologize, refrain
from publishing personal information in the future without explicit
permission, and we'll all move on.

--
Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."