On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 5:30:48 PM UTC-4, sohca...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 12:14:43 PM UTC-7, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn > wrote: > > sohcahto...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > I don't blame people for not wanting to use their real name on the > > > Internet, especially if you're a woman. There are a lot of crazy people > > > out there that will find out where you live and send death threats just > > > because you disagree with them or you happen to be a woman that enjoys > > > video games or exists in the tech world. > > > > FUD and paranoia. And this is _not_ the Internet. > > > > -- > > PointedEars > > > > Twitter: @PointedEars2 > > Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail. > > You call it FUD and paranoia, I call it reality. Are you familiar with the > term "doxxing"? Are you familiar with the shenanigans of GamerGate and > Anonymous/4chan? Or even some people on reddit. It doesn't just happen to > celebrities, either. Is it likely to happen to me? No, not really, but that > doesn't mean I shouldn't be concerned at the possibility. > > And how is this mailing list NOT part of the Internet?
It's really not worth debating this point. Thomas has a fixation on people needing to supply their real names, but is the only one who feels this way. --NMB. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
