Re: A word of warning, was:- ER40 Backplate mounted chuck

David Littlewood wrote:
Lots of people - self included - use fake addresses for posting to newsgroups - it dramatically reduces the amount of spam. This does not necessarily mean they are not genuine, and most such are prepared to give a clue to their real e-mail address if it becomes appropriate. Admittedly, using a fake name as well does not improve the picture...

P Riedie wrote:
> Skeptical ? when you hide behind a silly alias and a defunct nospam
> address.
> Anything you say has no meaning. You could be our dog in disguise for
> all we know.

This argument always puzzles me ? Why can you not evaluate a comment without a name being attached ? If "Boo" had been replaced by "Joe Blogs" then how does that change the value of a statement ?

Anonymity is good on usenet, because it means that it's possible to dis/agree without stereotypes like gender, race, height, occupation etc etc affecting the weight of the opinions.

My reason for not posting a useable email address in any form is because I want replies to be sent to the group and so to be available to all, not primarily as an anti-spam measure (though that does figure a bit).


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Boo
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