Klarinet Archive - Posting 000181.txt from 2010/09

From: Jennifer Jones <helen.jennifer@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Internet anonymity
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:13:16 -0400

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com> wrote:
> =A0Jennifer Jones wrote:
>> I thought there was supposed to be a thing about anonymity with the
>> web.

> I don't know who told you that,

Oh, it is the scuttlebutt on NPR, and in intimate conversations.

> but it's complete fiction, and always has been.

Maybe I need to learn to choose or train my friends/parents better.

> Besides, this is not "the web". =A0This is a mailing list.

Yes. You are right that this is a mailing list; not "the web".
However, as far as I can tell it is inextricably connected to it. It
appears that it is no longer possible to sign up without using the gui
interface and a web browser and for those of us who use a webmail
system, it is basically the web.

>> Obviously, one is free to use one's own identity, but a lot of
>> people make up internet personalities.
>
> Many do, but that doesn't make it right, or socially acceptable in every
> situation.

It is definitely easier to use one's own identity than making another one u=
p.

>> Do we really need to know who we are speaking to?
>
> That depends entirely on the customs and traditions of the venue. =A0This
> is not CB radio or some high school slam site, where we choose avatars
> and handles so we can sling insults at each other anonymously. =A0This is
> a mailing list for the exchange of academic and technical information on
> a topic of serious interest. =A0The tradition here is the use of real
> names and identities. =A0There are people here who truly are
> world-renowned experts in their field. =A0They have an incredible depth of
> experience to offer, but their advice depends on knowing a little about
> the askers of the questions.
>
> --
> Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
> Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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