RE: No Time to Read

["Fred Ridder" <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Particularly when passing off that second identity as some kind of
definitive authority on ones pet cause. To me, this seems as
intellectually dishonest as plagiarism even though it is the opposite
side of the honesty coin (passing off one's own ideas as someone
else's rather than passing off someone else's ideas as one's own).

-Fred Ridder


>From: "Brian Henderson" <brian-henderson -at- cox -dot- net>
>To: "Techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>Subject: RE: No Time to Read
>Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:33:31 -0700
>
>I don't believe that using a nickname is on quite the same level as using a 
>name that could only be interpreted as belonging to an
>entirely different person. And while it's true that, in cyberspace, being 
>deceptive about one's identity is thought to be relatively
>common (and in some places assumed), I don't think this is one of those 
>places. I think here it would generally be considered to be
>bad manners...at the least.
>
>Brian Henderson
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Richard Lewis
>
>People on this listserv refer readers to postings on other sites - written 
>by both themselves and others.   People on this listserv
>often go by other than their real name (things like Techman, DocuLady, 
>etc.)
>
>   If I use different names on different sites, I have not heard of some 
>protocol to make sure that everything is coordinated in
>cross referencing.   It is untrue to say or imply that  I strategized  
>"sockpuppetry" .
>
>   Richard Lewis

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