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To: SI Brad who wrote (240)	1/27/1998 10:51:00 AM
From: Nazbuster	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32871

Brad, There are many times when taking conversation offline is more appropriate than posting. How about creating a "Mailbox" ON SI so people can send offline messages. This way, people do not have to reveal their email address and potentially a meaningful domain name. An added benefit would be that the mailboxes would be under your control and abuse of them could be stopped. (Only members could post mail to the mailboxes, I presume.)

To: SI Brad who wrote (240)	1/27/1998 8:12:00 PM
From: Spots	Respond to of 32871

Personally I prefer real names, but nicknames are a necessary evil to protect against unwanted publicity. For example, many employees at tech companies use aliases so that their association with SI does not jeapardize their jobs. In truth, Brad, that is why I use an alias. I have no intention of posting anything that is unethical, but I prefer to be the judge of that. I'm not willing to delegate that to corporate thought control weenies. But I've also come to realize there's a much stronger reason for anonymity here (though it never occurred to me before joining SI). That is, there are many, many, many, ...., many informative posts in which folks share their intellectual brain children (their methods, their successes, their failures, there objectives, etc, etc), which, if they were forced to do it without anonymity we would not hear. Why? Because it involves disclosing financial details that you don't want noised around in public. All due respect for SI, but suppose (hypothetically) I let on that I trade an account in 7 figures, and a lurker with my real name and address kidnaps my kid? True, maybe I'm lying, but beware anybody! I can lie under my real name too. Think about this. Best regards. What a wonderful job you're doing! Spots