Posted by anna78 on January 23, 2001, at 14:14:15
In reply to Re: I support Dr Bob, posted by Dr. Bob on January 20, 2001, at 12:41:38
I guess this is the closest thing we're going to get from Bob in regards to an explanation or an apology..... "...Better way to have done this"!?? Umm, yeah. Ask permission next time. Don't make assumptions that everyone will just be happy to see their name or words in print. And please, for god's sake, don't print usernames as this article did (even if unintentionally).. that part really sucked..
Was this a University of Chicago-sanctioned piece of work? will you let us know what the IRB says after-the-fact....?
don't get me wrong, I've benefited from the good doc's work here too, but I didn't think my words might be studied or used as a teaching example. What if that screenshot that showed Vesper's name had shown my real username that I use elsewhere on the Net, and somebody whom I didn't want connected the two together?? that would be really harmful to me..
How hard would it be to add a checkbox or something that allows individual posters to say, 'yeah, go ahead and use my posts for whatever you want' versus those of us who are wary of any other use than to get advice here?
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