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In <1993Jan2.015508.9513@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com> c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos) writes:

>From a News.admin.policy
>standpoint though, is there an ethical problem to post under an
>alias and a non-responding (or fake, depending on circumstances) 
>user ID to avoid professional embarassment?

I consider it a problem when people are posting from a site where
you can't email the individual directly.  I also consider having
unresponsive system admin personnel at a feed site (anatolia, not
mn.org) to also be a problem.

If a person is willing to say something, then they should be
willing to say it from an account where they are reachable.
This policy shouldn't apply to the alt.* hierarchy, necessarily,
but I think it should apply to the "professional" hierarchies.

(Note: I did not say that they have to use their "real-life"
names.  Some people (Bill Joy, Kenneth Thompson, for example)
are God-like beings who would be swamped with pleas for help
in vi ("how do I change a character?") or unix ("how do I create
a process?").  Since they have better things to do (and deserve
some peace and quiet), I think they should have a fake account
where they can flame without fear.  But they should (and probably
do) have addresses where email can reach them so that others
can personally respond, for times when public responses don't
appear to be appropriate.)

-- 
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kbibb@qualcomm.com	 universe and faintly falling, like the descent of
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				--"The Dead", James Joyce