[Ilugc] [OT] what all can happen in a public list...
- From: satyaakam@xxxxxxxxx (satyaakam goswami)
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 06:41:03 +0530
no harm intended. :-)
I have been part of several mailing list & is also administrator of few.
Am aware that such things are common, tolerance is the key.
Hope I have avoided name calling as far as possible. :-)
Yes i have seen these kind of people , just like you see different kinds of
people in real life , my experience so far has been they live with alter
ego's so this serves as a conduit to get it out , in one incident i have
see a person being manipulative the way you have suggested , generally i am
tolerant and in good mood and ignore all this. But looking back and
thinking about it i think its time to mend this behavior by nailing them ,
again it has got nothing to do with IT act or Law simply they need to learn
one more lesson in social behavior be it Mailing list or real world.
Do you know how to do it i mean collect conclusive proof of identities ,
one way to enforce could be is to have gpg keys and everyone signs , the
problem with this solution just like UID is it is exclusive in nature ,
what if someone is not interested , it is too painful in implementation it
works just fine in one on one mode and what about groups , i still have to
come across such a group which uses gpg for there communications in mailing
lists. Other problem with this idea is we have to take pain to enforce it ,
like in start we would need key signing parties to begin with once the web
of trust has been built then the communications part will come back to
normal.
but still our problem of multiple identities is not solved hopefully it
will deter the kind of behavior we are talking about.
are there any simpler ways like reading the headers .....the way i have
done it is by reading the word use pattern in mail , and identify the
individual , then go and confront the individual in person then look for
the clues in his voice tone , his denial mode ....his expression on face
...still this does not have the conclusive proof i am interested in.
one more thing that can be done it publicly punching this other person so
much that it becomes costly (time wise) to keep up with the multiple
identities and ultimately he gives up his alter self.
-Satya
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