oh, I imagine this would get treated in the same way ebay treats a bum transaction... it is documented and ca be used to weigh the credibility of the user name. That's the way I understand it, anyway, the database apparently did go down because when you start looking for info it tells you the server is overloaded and will be back soon. I'll be looking at it when it comes up for sure.
I am pretty excited at the possibilities this opens up for anonymous whistleblowers who are troubled by things they see but do not want to jeopardize their mortgages by coming forward publicly. (Not the most courageous position, but understandable if they have kids and don't like drawing unemployment.) All they would need would be a library computer and a hotmail account. Of course the subject of the allegation can always deny it but it still goes on record. Should do wonders to fight corruption in government. Heck, this is something I would donate to. Dana S. Isaac Dealey writes: > Oh okay, that makes a lot more sense then... although I'd suspect they'd want to > keep that data as a record of the poster throwing allegations around... but that's a > whole other story... > > > Oh, are you talkng about the bottom trash can? I believe > > the that is what > > happens if the subject of the email denies the allegation > > (ie Bill is > > bopping interns) and the poster of the information does > > not reply to the > > email asking them if they stand by the information. If the > > poster says that > > they *do* stand by the information, then the information > > is posted and > > marked as denied. > > > It's a pretty interesting idea if I understand it; and it > > has some > > safeguards in it. > > > Dana > > > Dana Tierney writes: > > >> I thought that the first time I looked at it. > >> > >> However, I believe you are looking at what happens if you > >> do not answer the > >> confirmation email after you post information. In other > >> words say I have > >> info I am dying to share. I post it and receive an email > >> asking me to > >> confirm that I made the post. If I do not reply to the > >> confirmation email > >> the post is trashed. If I do, the subject of the > >> information is contacted > >> and asked to comment. From then on the info cannot be > >> deleted. However, > >> before some of you rush out to make posts about > >> politicians or institutions > >> you don't like, the idea is to use ebay's model of > >> self-policing; in other > >> words, you on reading a juicy morsel, will be less > >> inclined to believe it > >> if it comes from someone who has never posted before or > >> who has made posts > >> which have been refuted. > >> > >> Dana > >> > >> S. Isaac Dealey writes: > >> > >> > Looks to me like according to the workflow diagram at > >> > the bottom that anything that would reflect negatively > >> > on someone just ends up in the trash after a week or > >> > 2... Makes me wonder why they say that nothing gets > >> > deleted and then they're using trash-can icons (usually > >> > associated with deletion) on their workflow diagram... > >> > > >> > > A bunch of publications have picked up the story now > >> > > and > >> > > the server was > >> > > down (overloaded?) for a while earlier, but I think > >> > > this > >> > > is a really > >> > > excellent idea by people who have the resources to > >> > > carry > >> > > it out. I > >> > > certainly plan to use it. > >> > > >> > > I also like the touch of allowing information to be > >> > > refuted but not > >> > > deleted, as in FBI files :) > >> > > >> > > http://opengov.media.mit.edu/data.htm > >> > > >> > > Dana > >> > > But I don't make films > >> > > But if I did they'd have a samurai - Bare Naked > >> > > Ladies > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> > > ~~~~~ > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > >> > > Archives: > >> > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forum > >> > > id=5 > >> > > Subscription: > >> > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > >> > > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 > >> > > >> > > This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by > >> > > CFHosting.com. 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