Posted by badhaircut on January 23, 2004, at 9:29:03
In reply to Re: anonymity, posted by Dr. Bob on January 23, 2004, at 8:43:28
> If it would make you uncomfortable for me to know who you were, that definitely would be an issue, but it would just be me...
But would it? I mean, as PB continues to grow, at some point you'll *have* to have some assistants (who in my imagination would be U of C undergrads), and over years there will have to be successor if you burn out, become ill (God forbid), or make a career change. Those are likely possibilities.
Then there's Visa & the banks & their employees. And a paper trail theoretically open to the subpoenas of divorce lawyers, lawsuit defendants (and plaintiffs), overzealous law enforcement, etc. Those are unlikely possibilities, but they're also perfectly real. I don't think you can maintain that the ID disclosure would just be to you.
I'm *now* okay with having my PB anonymity slightly compromised by a fee, if it's necessary. Even if my bank or UC students could in theory ever tag the "real" me. But I don't know if I would have gotten involved here at first if I thought my posts could ever be connected to me. I guess I'm sympathetic with all sides on this.
-bhc
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