Re: [boost] Real names (Was: Religious sensibility...

Subject: Re: [boost] Real names (Was: Religious sensibility...
From: Jim Bell (Jim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-14 21:00:40

On 1:59 PM, Mathieu - wrote:
> 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.
>>
> 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.

Though I understand the tack against anonymity, even the Federalist
Papers' authors (whom most Americans hold in high regard) wrote under
pseudonyms. <http://www.ask.com/wiki/Federalist_Papers>