Anonymity, Accountability and Identity
From:
Ella Taylor-Smith
Date:
2007 Jun 18 09:19 UTC
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Hi Geoff,
Maybe we could just sort out the women thing first?
reading through your post again, I realise that you are quoting someone
else:
"In fact, one of the councillors reasoned that using pseudonyms was an
entirely intelligent thing for females to do on tinternet"
and Alan seems to agree
"Because there are lost of reason people would
rather not use their real names on a public forum - the women with young
children Geoff mentions doubly hits this nail on the head."
I am missing what ever it is that you are trying to say that would apply
to men but not women or vice versa.
Secondly -
"Rudeness happens, its a fact of life, but reasonable people usually
apologise, discuss and carry on with life."
This may be true in some situations, but personally I avoid online
contexts where people are being rude. I don't think I'm alone in that.
If rudeness is accepted, then many people (who probably have really
great contributions to make) won't hang around.
-Ella
Ella Smith
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