[freelists-users] passwords [Freelists News] Misc. updates
- From: "m o r r y" <morry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 10:27:23 -0400
I encourage the continued use of passwords on the archives. While our list
doesn't currently use them we might switch to them. Its come to my
attention that employers now search Google and other search engines to track
prospective employees and/or current employees. I've heard stories of people
who have lost jobs over things they have posted because of differing
opinions or outlook. I belive openness is importnt but I also believe each
list is different and while we encourage openness on our list we belive
that global openness can actually sabotage community building efforts more
than help them and can ultmiately violate the "moderator's promised" (b.
steinberg).
Best,
Morry
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> From: "John Madden" <weez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <freelists-news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 9:55 PM
> Subject: [Freelists News] Misc. updates
>
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> > There are quite a few things going on and quite a few more yet to
happen,
> > so I thought I'd send out a quick update.
> >
> > - We've just installed a new version of Ecartis. Among other things,
this
> > includes a fix for the password changing feature that we had to disable
> > for security reasons. (That hole was patched within hours, but we
> > obviously can't just upgrade on a whim, hence the delay.)
> >
> > - The archives will soon be re-vamped. We're growing very quickly, and
> > we'll run out of disk space shortly, so the archives need to be more
> > efficient. We'll probably remove the "full thread" views, as they
> > duplicate a lot of data. All email addresses will be munged for
anti-spam
> > reasons. Any other suggestions welcome -- we're looking for strong
> > presentation of the data in an easy-to-generate, low disk-usage,
> > high-performance way.
> >
> > We might be removing the option to add a password on the archives
(discuss
> > on freelists-users?). Those that have been here since the beginning
> > probably remember when we didn't offer password protection, and many
> > requested the feature to protect the privacy of their users. With
> > anti-spam munging, privacy isn't an issue, so the need for passwords
goes
> > away as well. (The other argument was to keep help data private, which
> > obviously goes against the FreeLists' mantra of openness anyway; those
> > list owners might consider finding a new home if we were to remove this
> > feature.)
> >
> > - MailandFiles.com accounts aren't selling very well. It's a great
> service
> > offered at a great price. We need your support -- please tell your
> > friends, subscribers, neighbors and help us get the word out.
FreeLists'
> > survival may sometime depend on MailandFiles.com's profitability.
> >
> > - Our design guru, Bill Webster, has put a lot of work into new
FreeLists
> > merchandise, which we hope will also pull in some funds. Another
> > announcement about that will be coming soon.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> >
> >
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