Louis
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| Quote (Schroedinger's Dog @ Nov. 04 2011,12:26) | Small aside, regarding Louis' "don't look at the form, look at the substance" (paraphrasing). I am right now commenting on Stephanie Zvan's latest post at FTB. They wonder wether to "out" Franc Hoggle and release his real name publicly following his blog posts and comments. I think they shouldn't, and have expressed my views in clear and detailled ways.
But all the commenters are focussing on are personal feuds between diferent commentors/bloggers. Thus may lie some of the problems we've encountered at some point in EGate. I would most enjoy if this thread didn't go down that path.
But who am I to judge, in the end...
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1) I'd really rather peoples' focus on this thread wasn't the eternal dramatics of other blogs/interwebs places. I can't insist on that of course, but thread creation for soap opera discussions isn't banned here as far as I'm aware.
2) Not a fan of outing in general, as discussed previously.
I will say this though, if someone has a genuine and specific reason to believe that a person poses a serious threat to another person or people in general, then yes, I think outing is ONE method that can be used.
I think it is the tool of last resort though. If you know that person's identity then you have the means to contact them, if you can contact them personally you can tell them to knock whatever it is off. If they persist you can tell them to knock it off emphatically and mention that you view what they are doing as harassment (if it is). If they still persist then there are still more steps before outing. Outing is a bit of a nuclear option for a first resort.
Whether or not Hoggle deserves it? I don't know enough to say. I've deliberately paid as little attention as possible to the pathetic drama.
I'll mention one thing though, I am getting fucking tired of the soap operas though. I might become.....sarcastic. ;-)
Louis
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