But people should be able to tell who is watching them. :)
-- Daniel (Mikkelsen)
That's easy. If you're in the U.S., on any given day it's the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, FTC, FCC, NSA, RIAA, MPAA, local police, surveillance cameras at any store or bank, and possibly John Ashcroft himself. Oh, and also your neighbor, who believes all the stuff on TV about how unsafe it is to walk outside.
In most of those cases, I care. As far as who's watching what I edit, I don't really. I suppose that's because I try to avoid writing about controversial subjects (you can see why). ;-) What do others think?
kq
koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
But people should be able to tell who is watching them. :)
-- Daniel (Mikkelsen)
That's easy. If you're in the U.S., on any given day it's the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, FTC, FCC, NSA, RIAA, MPAA, local police, surveillance cameras at any store or bank, and possibly John Ashcroft himself. Oh, and also your neighbor, who believes all the stuff on TV about how unsafe it is to walk outside.
In most of those cases, I care. As far as who's watching what I edit, I don't really. I suppose that's because I try to avoid writing about controversial subjects (you can see why). ;-) What do others think?
You forgot the IRS.
koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
But people should be able to tell who is watching them. :)
-- Daniel (Mikkelsen)
That's easy. If you're in the U.S., on any given day it's the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, FTC, FCC, NSA, RIAA, MPAA, local police, surveillance cameras at any store or bank, and possibly John Ashcroft himself. Oh, and also your neighbor, who believes all the stuff on TV about how unsafe it is to walk outside.
In most of those cases, I care. As far as who's watching what I edit, I don't really. I suppose that's because I try to avoid writing about controversial subjects (you can see why). ;-) What do others think?
I think watching and harassment should have some symmetrical characteristics.
At a minimum any "watch this user" function should be available to all users so it is easy for them to watch back on the sysops and other active watchers.
At another extreme, the watch function could be activated only in symmetrical pairing. When you click to watch somebody you are also activating their watch function on you. This would allow sysops and other regulars to set a good example for erring users.
This would also discourage peeping toms, people who like to watch but not be watched.
Regards, Mike Irwin
On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 20:32, koyaanisqatsi@nupedia.com wrote:
That's easy. If you're in the U.S., on any given day it's the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, FTC, FCC, NSA, RIAA, MPAA, local police, surveillance cameras at any store or bank, and possibly John Ashcroft himself. Oh, and also your neighbor, who believes all the stuff on TV about how unsafe it is to walk outside.
And if you're in the UK it's all of the above plus MI5, HM Customs, Inland Revenue, your local fire brigade and the Food Standards Agency...=)
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