M. Creidieki Crouch wrote:
David,
I appreciate your comments. It's quite possible that you're right, and that having these logs available would be more trouble than it's worth.
A. 1. It would be a gross and blatant violation of the privacy policy. Note that your privacy is not being breached by having a developer or a checkuseruser look up your IP, but only by it being revealed.
I wasn't suggesting that the *result* of the check be available on the public log. Simply the admin's username, the user who was checked, the timestamp, and the admin's stated reason.
- it would be utterly poisonous to the community. Merely being
checked on would be seen as a black mark (c.f. geni's attacks on Kelly Martin's character in this thread).
I think that this danger would be minimized if the admin explained the reason for the check, ideally with a link to something that would be considered "reasonable evidence".
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It's called McCarthyism. The knowledge that one has been accused is enough to damage one's reputation irrepairably.