Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site ccvaxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!preece From: preece@ccvaxa.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Re: Objection to annonymous postings Message-ID: <10300002@ccvaxa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Dec-84 12:34:00 EST Article-I.D.: ccvaxa.10300002 Posted: Thu Dec 6 12:34:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Dec-84 03:53:19 EST References: <112@normac.UUCP> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:normac:-11200:ccvaxa:10300002:000:685 Nf-From: ccvaxa!preece Dec 6 11:34:00 1984 > As far as anonymous postings > and lack of signature, I just have this little thing about me: I > like to have some handle on the person I'm "listening" or "talking" > to. ---------- Sure, it's always better to have all the information you can about the speaker, especially when you're dealing with a narrow bandwidth medium like a terminal screen. But there are times when what is said is more important than who is saying it and there are times when something cannot be said openly. I think anonymous postings are overused but I also think you can't have the degree of freedom I want to see on the net if you don't allow them. scott preece ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!preece