Re: anonymous postings

["Terry Johnson-Huhta" <thuhta@moscow.com>]

Doesn't the Daily News verify letters to the editor?  Granted they sometimes
get suckered.  Am not so sure its an issue until the mud slinging starts.
And I think the list "owners" are responsible and need to enforce the rule.

Terry
----- Original Message -----
From: "bill london" <london@moscow.com>
To: "Terry Johnson-Huhta" <thuhta@moscow.com>
Cc: "Stephen Cooke" <scooke@uidaho.edu>; "Vision2020 Listserver List"
<vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 12:55 PM
Subject: anonymous postings


>     Yes, one of the operative rules of Vision 2020 is that all subscribers
must
> sign in both their email address and full name when subscribing.  That
rule is
> obvious on the webpage where people sign up for subscriptions.  We did
that
> specifically to stop anonymous postings (it was a V2020 consensus decision
about
> 5 years ago).
>     Our dirty little secret is that we have never enforced that rule.
>     I can get a hotmail account under whatever name I choose, then
subscribe to
> V2020 with that email, and give a false name and nobody will stop me.
>     I am at a loss to know what to do about this.  Is it really an issue?
Isn't
> it obvious which posts are from people hiding their identities?  What can
we do
> about this, and more importantly, who is going to do it?
>     Any ideas?
>     BL
>
> Terry Johnson-Huhta wrote:
>
> > Mr. Cooke,
> >
> > Let me introduce myself---- I am Terry Johnson-Huhta and it is a
pleasure to
> > meet you Mr. Cooke
> >
> > Thank you for the biography, "Greg Brown".  My question is still not
> > answered concerning "Justice Now".  Most of us reveal our names when we
post
> > to this list.  I thought one of the rules of the list was to use our
"real"
> > name and not hide behind a psuedo name.  I have apparently
misunderstood.
> >
> > .Terry
>