Would a complete, publically accessible list of all members solve the problem?
No. It would still violate user's privacy.
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Jon B. - Jan 06, 2003 9:01:14 am PST #2623 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jim - Jan 06, 2003 9:01:33 am PST #2624 of 10000
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
OK, yeah, it's a bad idea.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 06, 2003 9:03:09 am PST #2625 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Oh- by public I meant visible to all registered members. But I guess you're right, that is still a violation.
amych - Jan 06, 2003 9:08:13 am PST #2626 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm against exposing lurkers, and even more against exposing lurking VIPs -- I know that I tend to register at any community when I decide it's a place I'd like to post at some point, not when I'm about to make my first post.
For ordinary users, I don't want to see the spotlight turned on them before they want to post. Or if they don't plan to post at all, but have registered in order to be able to manage subscriptions and the like.
And for VIPs, there's the added factor of people spreading the word of "Hey, Alyson Hannigan just registered at Buffistas.org! Go leave shoutouts to her there!" If AH (or whomever) wasn't even planning to post, or wasn't ready to.
Anyway, I'm very uncomfortable with having VIPs singled out officially as a separate class of Buffista. Yes, we all get excited when, say, Tim comes by, but we don't make his posts blink bright red or anything like that. And I wouldn't be surprised if we get the VIP posts we do in part because we treat them like Buffistas and not like aliens.
Jim - Jan 06, 2003 9:12:32 am PST #2627 of 10000
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Anyway, I'm very uncomfortable with having VIPs singled out officially as a separate class of Buffista. Yes, we all get excited when, say, Tim comes by, but we don't make his posts blink bright red or anything like that. And I wouldn't be surprised if we get the VIP posts we do in part because we treat them like Buffistas and not like aliens.
Couldn't agree more.
Jon B. - Jan 06, 2003 9:12:33 am PST #2628 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That's what I meant, Amy. I don't think anyone above disagrees with you.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jan 06, 2003 9:13:48 am PST #2629 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
You're right. It sounds good, but it's actually a bad idea.
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amych - Jan 06, 2003 9:22:53 am PST #2630 of 10000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
That's what I meant, Amy. I don't think anyone above disagrees with you.
Uh, yeah... I took so long blowharding that a bunch of other people hit all the same points much more neatly before I managed to hit "post". Please ignore.
Edit: Am? Message received, and I'll email you when I get home tonight, but it's not really the thing to be discussing in this thread.
Jon B. - Jan 06, 2003 9:34:08 am PST #2631 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Please ignore.
No worries. I just thought you misunderstood me.
Allyson - Jan 06, 2003 1:58:05 pm PST #2632 of 10000
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
There was a search engine type thing for this board, right? I mean, aside from Nilly.