[R-SIG-Finance] List etiquette

[Mark V]

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:26 AM, Jeff Ryan <jeff.a.ryan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This seems quite arbitrary to me as I can subscribe to GMail using any
>> real _looking_ name which still isn't actually _my_ real name.
>
> Of course you can -- one can also provide disinformation (deception?).
>  Just because you can doesn't mean it is good.
>
> Certainly it may be important for some to remove firm affiliations,
> for legal or personal reasons.  Your name/signature serves as a
> measure of trust.  If you are willing to attach your real name, that
> says something important to me about your integrity and honesty.  It
> says even more when you don't.
>

E.g We don't want a modern day Mr Student's contributions?
Now, jokes aside.
I do understand the attaction of superficial rules of thumb for making
quick judgements about both people's motives, and the likely quality
of their contributions.  It's an age old solution to the same problem
and it seems not easily escaped, even today.

IMO, it would be useful if the list was open, if not welcoming, to
productive contributions from any 'Keyboard Monkey' alias, where the
true identity is unknown.  Equally, it is useful if the list was open
to rejecting noise from "John K. Smith, Phd (MIT)" where the name and
qualifation have been vetted.
Overall, I think an approach favoring substance over style is best.

I do appreciate that validating genuine email addresses is not
trivial, nor is it simple to establish that a human is always driving
the keyboard.  However there are resaonable tools and services to help
make those administration tasks less onerous.

My 2c
Mark
> It is a fairly simple expectation that I have.  If you want
> assistance, or to engage in discussion, it strikes me as rude that you
> wouldn't share with the audience your name.  If we were in a physical
> forum, it would be akin to making me stand behind a curtain so I
> didn't get to see who you were.
>
> While this game sometimes boils down to egos, I think this list is
> stellar because it does not.
>
> Jeff
>>
>> While I don't do it I think there are real world privacy concerns some
>> people have about using their real names on lists like this and I
>> would vote not to require something that looks real if you're not
>> interested in ensuring that it actually is real.
>>
>> Just my 2 cents. It's you're list so you're free to do what you want.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mark
>>
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