janc
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response 253 of 255:
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Jul 19 14:19 UTC 2000 |
An E-mail message from Joe Saul, with some new information:
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From: "Joseph M. Saul"
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:05:34
To: janc@grex.cyberspace.org
Subject: User Control of Posts
One of the arguments raised against allowing Grex users to delete their
own posts has been that other big online services (I think Deja News
and Slashdot were cited) don't permit it, so it obviously isn't an
issue. Well, guess what...
Deja News *does* allow users to remove news posts from their archive,
and all they insist on is that you be able to receive email messages at
the address from which you posted the messages in question. No
notarized letters, no other anal-retentive bullshit. Yes, you do have
to go to their staff, but since you didn't enter the post from a "Deja
News account" in the same way that Grexers enter their posts from their
Grex accounts, they don't have an alternative. Here's the URL to their
form:
http://www.deja.com/forms/nuke.shtml
In other words, Grex is not following "current trends," wouldn't drag
the big guys in if a user sues because the big guys *do* provide a
convenient means for deleting posts, and in fact respects the rights of
its posters less than Deja News does. Which is saying something.
Feel free to post this in the appropriate location.
-- Joe
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gull
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response 254 of 255:
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Jul 19 15:34 UTC 2000 |
I noticed that, too. They do make you jump through some hoops -- if you no
longer own the email address the messsage was posted from, you can't remove
it, and you need to submit a seperate request for each message you want
removed.
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mooncat
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response 255 of 255:
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Aug 1 20:48 UTC 2000 |
Well, that makes sense. Kind of similar to if you lose your password
here, and have another e-mail address listed in your .plan and write
from it requesting staff reset your password, after perhaps some more
verification it will be done. Or that's how it used to work, they may
have changed it in the last few years.
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