Re: CHAT: Handles/netnames (was: I need an artist ::: and articles)

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, taliesin the storyteller wrote:

> Padraic Brown wrote:
>
> What about not wanting spammers to get hold of your 'real
> name'? I don't sort that (prot. from spam) under privacy,
> but rather under, sadly, 'necessity'.
I hadn't thought of that off hand; but I am led to believe that there are
ways of dealing with this.  I've seen lots of folks who have filtered or
garbled their email addresses (like cliu@NOSPAM.wam.umd.edu); and then
sign their name and "real" address at the bottom.  I don't have a problem
with such spamtrappery.  Programs that search headers ought to be
confounded; whereas a real person would have to read the body of a message
to sort out what's an address and what's a randomn sequence of address
like letters.

>
> >I would prefer to see a real name, however, since I view
> >the constant use of "netnames" in the same light as people
> >who wear dark glasses all the time or like a mask: it's a
> >way of hiding what's real behind what's fake and sneaking
> >about.  Though it's better than people who don't even
> >bother to sign their messages.
>
> <warning type=flamebait>
> And ten line .sigs are better?
I suppose it's a fine line distinguishing a ten line classy sig and a ten
line garbage sig.  I can think of a couple of long sigs here on Conlang
that are quite nice.  On the other hand, I can think of one particular
troll who used to inhabit the alternate history NGs, whose sig was a
great long list of 20 or more bible verses.  If two or three people
unwittingly quoted him in entirety, the replies could easily become 15 or
20 pages in length.

>
> >That's just common courtesy, [signing one's message]
> >and it lets the reader know who said what without having
> >to resort to untangling frequently garbled email addresses
> >at the top.
>
> Eh... by commenting out other ppls sigs (yeah, I've noticed
> that it seems to be a rule here)?
I always try to edit out peoples' sigs, while leaving their actual
signature (i.e., name) intact.  If you don't edit out sigs, eventually 50%
of the message content will _be_ sigs!

> I will report this to
> Xibo! Maybe Xibo's epic struggle against the 212KB
> MegaSig(tm) of Kibo may end and He, the great destroyer of
> all Bandwidth-thieves may turn His Gaze(tm) towards the
> heathen of Conlang-l and cleanse our beloved Forum with His
> holy Wrath!
?

>
> >Just my tupennorth.
>
> Add my two rU to that.
?

>
> >> A better question: What do we think of the concept of conlinguini? :D
> >
> >I prefer mine sloshing about in garlic and basil sauce... :-)
>
> I wouldn't know about linguinis, fake or not ;), but I sure
> hope there's enough spaghetti in the house for a late night
> snack.
>
It's thick spaghetti and holds the sauce better.

Padraic.

>
> tal.
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