On Sat, 06 Apr 2002 02:05:47 Jimmy Wales wrote:
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The only way to enforce the social norm you're proposing is if most
people "sign on" to it. Larry used to write these things on a page,
and people could "sign on" as agreeing -- a sort of unenforceable but
powerful social commitment. I guess we'd just ignore people who don't
sign posts? Or, we could make it "fair game" to just delete comments
that are unsigned?
I see some drawbacks to either.
Yep, however I'm personally getting to the point where I'm considering
the
ignorance option. However, I don't think there's anything like consensus
on that.
Maybe the best thing to do is to "sign" the
comments _for them_.
I.E., add an identifier to what people have written, primarily to keep
the comments straight.
That sounds like an excellent idea.
Anonymity isn't the problem, right? I mean,
anyone can make up any
name and use it. The problem is more one of _continuity_. If I'm
/Talk ing with LDC or AxelBoldt, then I know something of their
history, and they of mine, so we can talk more efficiently.
Precisely.
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