<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 September 2010 10:36, Andy Allan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gravitystorm@gmail.com">gravitystorm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_%28Internet%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_%28Internet%29</a><br>
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"A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception<br>
within an online community."<br>
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The rash of posts by "Jane Smith" and "80 m" are examples sockpuppetry<br>
at its worst. If you care for this kind of thing, take it elsewhere.<br>
It's not big, it's not clever, it's not funny, and most of all, it's<br>
not something we accept here.<br>
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For the avoidance of doubt, there's a difference between sockpuppetry<br>
and pseudonyms. And if you disagree with the use of pseudonyms within<br>
our community, then take the matter up directly, rather than with such<br>
stupid mailing list posts as we've seen over the last few days.<br>
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Let me remind you that legal-talk, like our other mailing lists, is<br>
here for constructive, positive discussion (and positive, constructive<br>
disagreement too), not for sending anonymous abusive emails to and/or<br>
regarding other people in the community.<br></blockquote></div><br>Comment greatly appreciated.<br><br>Emilie Laffray<br>