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[Ned Batchelder]

On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 5:30:48 PM UTC-4, sohca... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 12:14:43 PM UTC-7, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> > sohcahtoa82 at gmail.com wrote:
> > 
> > > I don't blame people for not wanting to use their real name on the
> > > Internet, especially if you're a woman.  There are a lot of crazy people
> > > out there that will find out where you live and send death threats just
> > > because you disagree with them or you happen to be a woman that enjoys
> > > video games or exists in the tech world.
> > 
> > FUD and paranoia.  And this is _not_ the Internet.
> > 
> > -- 
> > PointedEars
> > 
> > Twitter: @PointedEars2
> > Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.
> 
> You call it FUD and paranoia, I call it reality.  Are you familiar with the term "doxxing"?  Are you familiar with the shenanigans of GamerGate and Anonymous/4chan?  Or even some people on reddit.  It doesn't just happen to celebrities, either.  Is it likely to happen to me?  No, not really, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be concerned at the possibility.
> 
> And how is this mailing list NOT part of the Internet?

It's really not worth debating this point.  Thomas has a fixation on people
needing to supply their real names, but is the only one who feels this way.

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