This reads like such a fascinating project! Shiny.

This is what I'm wondering after catching up: if we decide to go along with this, and several Buffistas would like to be excluded, would that be possible? Or can it be done in an "opt in" basis only, to prevent the use of words of people who wish otherwise or are no longer posting (and therefore can't have a say)? Will that be enough to answer the privacy questions raised above? [Edit: this question is directed at everybody, I guess, not just erin]

Nilly, that is a very good question, and I don't know the answer. I will find out. Technically, I think it must be possible, but practically, if having this constraint means that the corpora programmer has to do a lot of fancy post-processing, it may mean that we can't be used.

It might be a while before I can know this -- a week or so.

I was thinking Bitches, for example, has more personal info than any of the others. Natter, the Music, Fic, and Movie threads, and the show/spoiler threads would probably be the most valuable.

Um, Natter can get fairly personal, too. Though I like the idea.

And, smiggle!

I like the idea, too. Do we need to do a lightbulbs vote on this?

Considering the anonymousness (that's not a word, is it?), I honestly wouldn't care if even very personal things I'd discussed were used. It's not like other people haven't had albino children or evil, but well-meaning, parents.

anonymousness (that's not a word, is it?)

Anonymity. (Which doesn't look like a word now that I've typed it.)

I'm in favor of the project.

It's not like other people haven't had albino children or evil, but well-meaning, parents.

Or asshead bosses.

I'm very much in favor of the project.

I typed anonymity and it didn't look right to me either, so I figured I'd go for quirky crazy but endearing.

Huh. Didn't work, did it?

I like anonymousness. It's fun to say.

I like the idea. It's foamy.