[Foundation-l] Note regarding status of privacy policy

Sat Aug 9 18:08:30 UTC 2008

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Todd Allen <toddmallen at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I have a "Contact me" email address, I can be easily notified that
> I have been checked without "tarnishing my reputation", and I can
> choose to make that as public or nonpublic as I like. "You have been
> checkusered" by email would result in no tarnishment of a public
> reputation while properly notifying the target. Granted, in some
> circumstances, suppression of notification may be appropriate, but
> such suppression should be logged and justified.
>
> --
> Freedom is the right to say that 2+2=4. From this all else follows.
>
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Agreed in principle, however I don't believe it would work. Knowing
some communities fondness for drama, I could easily imagine
the clusterfuck that would ensue by a highly active editor getting an
e-mail saying "You've been checkusered."

Personally, I would be rather put off that someone felt the need to
use a tool that is supposed to be used for countering vandalism
(both obvious and subversive) being used for no real reason against me.

-Chad