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467. dusty - 9/29/1999 2:01:13 AM # 459 is still unanswered. 468. CalGal - 9/29/1999 2:09:15 AM
you're close to a personal info boundary when you guess at monikers.
Actually, I disagree with that. There is a difference between the two issues: 1) anyone requesting not to be addressed by their previous moniker, 2) pretending not to be the person behind the previous moniker.
It is my current understanding that monikers have nothing at all to do with the RoE. As a matter of politeness, I have no issue with it.
Public vs. private information is one thing. Using monikers to obscure one's online identity is a different thing entirely.
BTW, it was not hostility that caused me to refer to Soup by his previous moniker. I am lamentably bad at remembering to update my internal database pointers. This becomes extremely problematic when the Name FK of "Current Girlfriend" in the table "Brother's Personal Data" has changed. 469. wabbit - 9/29/1999 2:40:22 AM Dusty,
I can't help you with #459, Alistair will have to answer that when he returns. 470. dusty - 9/29/1999 3:21:14 AM wabbit
Thanks. I saw AC's announcement, but no reason nor discussion. I guess I'll just have to wait till he returns. I thought someone else might find it odd, but maybe it's just me. 471. dusty - 9/29/1999 3:23:32 AM Although I note that AC is unregistered, so he won't be able to see the question or respond. Any thoughts? Should I email him? 472. wabbit - 9/29/1999 7:00:55 AM hahahaha! I didn't notice that he was unregistered! I guess e-mail will be the way to go. He'll be back in about a week. 473. Nostradamus - 9/29/1999 11:58:57 AM As I recall, AC thought the unregister idea would make it easier to judge when to discontinue this thread. My hunch is that this thread will be here for a long time, but since nobody else has unregistered, what's the harm in leaving things as they are? 474. RosettaSTONE - 9/29/1999 1:58:29 PM So you are even deleting posts in the secret-cell thread? Amazing.
I came here to get you advise on promoting the mote in TT.
What do you think about sending drafted promotional emails to some TT members encouraging them to try mote? We might be able to use their posted email addresses listed when you click their moniker. 475. RosettaSTONE - 9/29/1999 2:04:06 PM you=your
Any chance to get an edit function to fix typos after you post? 476. RosettaSTONE - 9/29/1999 2:07:09 PM you=your advise
Any chance to get an edit-after-you-post tool to help people like me? 477. SoupIsGoodFood - 9/30/1999 1:27:16 AM advise=advice
idiot 478. 109109 - 9/30/1999 2:04:24 AM Rosetta
congrats! You've lured your first one over. 479. wabbit - 9/30/1999 3:39:42 AM RosettaSTONE,
The post was deleted because, as CalGal pointed out in her subsequent post, she inadvertently made the same booboo that started this discussion. She corrected and reposted in #468.
An edit function is on the wish list. Meanwhile, there is "Check for Dust."
I'm not sure about what is happening with promotion...Irv? 480. dusty - 10/1/1999 2:05:57 AM Nostradamus
My question wasn't "Why is there an Unregister option?", it was "Why is it irreversible?".
If the reasoning was to determine when a thread should be retired, then the logic is bass-ackwards. If I know that unregistering is irreversible, I'll be unlikely to unregister, even if I'm no longer interested in the subject, just on the outside chance that I might want to, someday, for some reason, return. If someone wants to get a measure of interest, allow re-registration, so that I could return if the subject revitalizes.
Furthermore, while measuring the interest might be a worthwhile goal for some sub-threads. it is inconceivable that we will exhaust all possible policy questions. (Well, inconceivable is a strong term. If an unlimited power dictator took over, I suppose policy discussions would be moot.)
I'm guessing that AC was experimenting, and hadn't thought through the implications.
While it is way down the priority list, I think it should be changed. 481. dusty - 10/2/1999 12:30:56 PM At some point, we ought to discuss the 2000 character limit on posts. I presumed it was selected more due to inertia than due to any good reason. And properly so, in a triage sense. But now that we've solved some of the major issues, it may be time to tackle some of the minor ones.
I say "at some point", because we may need feedback from AC before making any decisions. I suggest that the character limit should be changed for some threads, but obviously we need to know whether this is technically feasible before debating it.
It seems to me that the Stories thread and Travel threads have the most potential of restrictions from this limit (assuming PE starts documenting his recent travels.) Obviously, people can break up a long post into smaller ones, but why should they? How worried are we that people will run off at the mouth with a longer limit? I wouldn't make it unlimited, partly due to the possibility of mischief, but mostly due to the fact that, at some length, an extremely long exposition should be saved to a web site and linked, rather than poured into a post.
And maybe Politics should be limited to a single sentence. (I'm kidding)
This is one of the least important issues confronting us, but if AC tells us we can set the limit independently for each thread, perhaps we should discuss whether some threads deserve a larger limit.
482. wabbit - 10/6/1999 2:48:37 AM For some reason, the Private Thread feature has started creating access problems for this thread, so it is now open to all. 484. Nostradamus - 10/14/1999 2:22:26 PM What was the decision about whether people could guess at others' previous monikers/handles? I think it's stupid to prohibit it, but I understood the rule to be that it is prohibited and I have been governing my thread accordingly. Somebody clarify it for me, please. 485. Nostradamus - 10/17/1999 6:36:32 AM Don't everybody answer at once. What happened to the banning bloodlust that was so in evidence not so long ago? :) LOL 486. wabbit - 10/27/1999 8:46:19 PM Sorry for not getting back to you sooner, Nost. This is what I posted in Suggestions:
2024. wabbit - 10/27/99 4:57:29 PM
I was hoping that this wouldn't become an issue requiring a rule. Soup asked that his former name not be used and as a matter of courtesy I think that is a legitimate request. However, we came here with a history. People have and will no doubt continue to change their monikers. Perhaps we will outgrow the guessing game, but since it seems to be rampant in every discussion forum I've ever seen (except The Well, where they use real names), if someone comes in with a new moniker, it is unrealistic to think someone will not ferret them out, imo. I would prefer not to have to create and enforce a rule about this, but would rather rely on people's willingness to honor a request regarding use of former handles.
487. dusty - 10/31/1999 12:53:01 AM So, should we have more clearly defined roles for hosts? I like some of what Pelle says, and disagree with other aspects, but this is the palce for the discussion.
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