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[Jason Stauffacher]

See this link about anonymous Internet posters.  Thank the Lord for California sun!

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0661392320080206

-Jason

[AgathaL'Orange]

Thanks for posting that Jason.

Even though the identity was kept secret then... there will be cases where identities WILL be unmasked.  So make sure if you say something is factually true, you have something to back it up with.  And if it's REALLY inflammatory, you might get your anonymity taken away.

[lone gone]

The appellate court concluded that while Doe 6's messages were "unquestionably offensive and demeaning," they could not be counted as defamation since they could not be considered assertions of fact.

If someone is a computer hacker or hires a computer hacker,   any website can be nullified, the originator discovered,and  the possibility for retribution outside the law is real. With that real risk, what is the point of trying to influence anyone with internet content?

From now I think my personal standard will be, " Without a source everything is fiction. If I read it on the internet, it cannot be considered a fact."  

Everyone should prepare to have everything they say completely ignored.

[Linda]

So, are you going to start using your real name now, or stay with Lone Gone. If you stay with Lone Gone, should we ignore you? :lol:

[lone gone]

check my profile and my bio.... no mysteries and no running from the  imaginary GC goon squads.

actually Lone Gone was a misspelling of  Long Gone.                                                                                                                                                                    

 :oops:

Besides,  Lone Gone serves the purpose of preventing confusion with any other Paul that wants to post here.

[Linda]

I was just joking with you and was not trying to chide people for being anonymous. The dilemma a lot of people face on this forum is that they feel a need to speak out about their experience, but are fearful (and, sadly, in some cases rightly so) about retribution.

I don't automatically believe or ignore what is said on this forum whether it is said anonymously or by someone who gives their name. Everything needs to be verified. I do see a pattern in some of the anonymous posts that fit my experience.

One of the ways this forum is being discredited is that they are using the argument that people are anonymous and therefore not to be believed. To say that is ad hominem, it's discrediting the messenger and thereby implying that the message is untrue.

He's anonymous therefore he's lying. This is bad reasoning.

[lone gone]

Linda ,I knew you were teasing me....  

You wrote:
"He's anonymous therefore he's lying."

that is indeed one possible assumption.

But without the ability to confront your accuser there is no way to verify anything.  I think that is why the court ruled as it did.

 It could be summarized like this..  "if you can't confront them to establish what they are saying is true or false, then the presumption is that what has been written is not to be believable whether it is indeed true or false.

   

I doesn't have anything to do with truth anymore, it is all about belief.

Much like Spiritual matters don't you think?   :shock:  :wink: