Re: [boost] Real names (Was: Religious sensibility (WAS: RE: [XInt]CoW/Move Timings))

Subject: Re: [boost] Real names (Was: Religious sensibility (WAS: RE: [XInt]CoW/Move Timings))
From: Mathieu - (ptr.jetable_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-14 14:59:31

On 13 March 2011 20:05, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> Personally, I would suggest to establish a policy that every single
>> post to this mailing list be required to use person's "real name" in
>> the "From" field. If we're supposed to have constructive technical
>> discussion, it's reasonable to require that all participant
>> be accountable for their words, which obviously requires using real
>> names and not "handles" that can be changed every other day.
>>
>> As for one's religious, political, and other preferences, there's a
>> custom that you have four lines of signature entirely at your
>> disposal.
>
> +1
>
> Robert Ramey
>>
>> - Volodya

I find this policy not really fair. Not really fair for people (like
me) who try to stay as anonymous as possible on the (wild) Internet. I
know that anonymity is something that can sound weird those days with
all the facebooks and the twitters out there but, well, for some
people it's really important that their identity isn't leaked on the
wild.
I know I'm not really in position to discuss this with my really low
activity on the various boost MLs, but as no one else seems to take a
shot at it, I just want to remind you this point.
The main argument is : real men _do_ assume their position, hence they
don't need to hide behind a pseudonym. Can someone just explain me how
my skills are related to my identity?
Surely, I could use a fake identity, but I find it really
hypocritical, and I won't do it (for various reasons, one of them
being that I abhor hypocrisy).

All in all, as I (now) care more about participating in boost than in
my identity I will in the end use my real identity if it becomes
mandatory to post here (even if it means breaking this anonymity I
maintain since my first encounter with the wild wild web).

Mathieu-

(oh and, by the way, for what it's worth, this is my real first name.)