how come?
Because the person didn't explicitly give us (meaning the admins) permission to post their name online. Lots of folks are hesitant about posting their real names, especially when talking about their jobs.
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
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DXMachina - Nov 19, 2007 2:26:13 am PST #2033 of 6786
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
tiggy - Nov 19, 2007 5:26:54 am PST #2034 of 6786
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
especially when talking about their jobs.
but they're not talking about their jobs, really. they're just thanking us for the survival kits. i mean, i don't mind either way if we don't know who's thanking us, but it seems silly to withhold the info if they signed their name in the email.
Wolfram - Nov 19, 2007 5:45:47 am PST #2035 of 6786
Visilurking
Because the person didn't explicitly give us (meaning the admins) permission to post their name online. Lots of folks are hesitant about posting their real names, especially when talking about their jobs.
I know you mean well, DX, but I think this is misguided. A person wrote a thank you note to a posting board and signed it with a real name. He or she knew it could get posted that way. In fact, he or she probably counted on it, and you're actually preventing that from happening.
Also, I want to know who thanked us.
Steph L. - Nov 19, 2007 5:49:18 am PST #2036 of 6786
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I agree with DX -- unless we had explicit permission, I'd be leery of posting people's real names, particularly given the politics surrounding the strike.
Ginger - Nov 19, 2007 5:55:57 am PST #2037 of 6786
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I think it would be okay to post the names here, since no one can google for them and something called "Bureaucracy" is unlikely to be the first choice for a newcomers.
vw bug - Nov 19, 2007 6:02:18 am PST #2038 of 6786
Mostly lurking...
DX made a judgment call, and I think we should just go with that.
§ ita § - Nov 19, 2007 6:02:51 am PST #2039 of 6786
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm with DX. Real names should be explicitly opt in as opposed to opt out.
A person wrote a thank you note to a posting board and signed it with a real name.
They wrote it to the admins of a posting board. I can say with reasonable certainty that not all the emails we get are for public consumption, so it wouldn't occur to me to reveal identifying details unless explicitly allowed to by the wielder of said details.
Jesse - Nov 19, 2007 6:04:45 am PST #2040 of 6786
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Right -- they chose to email rather than post, which is slightly easier but also explicitly less public.
Vortex - Nov 19, 2007 6:11:00 am PST #2041 of 6786
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I generally agree with the decision not to post names, but I suspect that for some of the strikers, the choice not to post on the board was more predicated on the registering for yet another website (which sometimes keeps me from doing stuff). Even if they had posted, they would not necessarily have used their real names.
Nutty - Nov 19, 2007 6:15:58 am PST #2042 of 6786
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
So, as a bullshit consensus kludge, we should email them back and invite them to join!
...And then they'd come in and blurt all over the wrong thread and we'd have to explain what guacamole is. Good times, good times.