Subj : Re: Notice that...
To   : Blue White
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Feb 16 2022 22:34:49

 BW> I would be willing to drop those requirements in my echos, but (1) people
 BW> tend to think that allowing aliases means they can act stupider, troll,
 BW> etc., in the political echos, and (2) at least one of the FIDO sysops has
 BW> adopted a sock-puppet and posts using both his real name and the fake one
 BW> and likes to pretend that we all don't know it is him.
 BW> 
 BW> If I know who it is, and they are only posting under one name, I don't
 BW> care as long as it is a real-sounding name (and not a name they have
 BW> adopted only for use in my echos... see problem #1).
 BW> 
 BW> 
 BW> ... Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?


Hence why politics is eschewed on fsxNet.  Anonymous discussion is important given the social climate today.  I'm sceptical of pushes to remove anonymity, it seems a push towards more oppression.

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