[meteorite-list] Full disclosure and list conventions-OT

From: E. L. Jones <jonee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Aug 13 02:28:36 2005
Message-ID: <42FD930B.1060304_at_epix.net>

Perhaps a bit off topic except that it deals with the list itself. I've
remained silent hoping the practice would go away but it hasn't.
Sunshine is a good disinfectant. Call me paranoid, nosy, or
confrontational-- but do not call me out because I choose to speak up
about games/ploys someone may play for whatever jollies they get from it.

I'm aware of someone posting under separate subscriptions, with separate
signatures, unrelated email addresses, etc. I guess they think we
should read between the lines, else search for clues as to which posts
are sent by which individual. I can understand separate addresses for
work and home etc. It is certainly curious if not suspicious as to why
one maintains separate identities here amongst friends and colleagues.
Why even rasie the issue? We've had far too much game play on the list
with all the duplicate subscription subterfuge. While this may be
totally innocent, cultural or unintentional; it parallels past poster's
shady schemes. I otherwise don't care and don't need to know-- but
shucks-- looks like, talks like, and quacks like an amphibious
avian--might be a duck could be a goose.

While there are no "rules"per se, which preclude this, I believe it is a
breach of etiquette, and comes across as being less than above
board--especially when one identity is used for one class of topics and
the other for different class of"expression"-- or yet still-- when both
are used in juxtaposition on the same topic as to infer to be from two
different people.

Past convention has been --and remains-- to "sign" one's posts. Past
practice, unfortunately includes disguises by malcontents to sneak
around. To those ends, I'd like to ask those that are doing so,
consider the putting the overall integrity and confidence in list
communications above game play-- and reconsider the message it sends to
others it as to how trustworthy you really are. At least this little
sunshine note raises awareness.

Thanks for listening,
Elton
Received on Sat 13 Aug 2005 02:28:27 AM PDT