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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 09:41:05 -0700
Reply-To: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> Sender: "CYHIST Community Memory: Discussion list on the History of
Cyberspace" <CYHIST@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU> From: Anthony Spataro <ads@NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: [archiving MUDs/MOOs]
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On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Peter da Silva wrote:
>There are also privacy issues with archiving MUDs. People consider their area on the MUD their private property, and put all sorts of personal information there. I think it's unreasonable to violate this expectation of privacy.
You can take care of the issue of privacy by giving rooms a Private flag. Any event that transpires in a private room doesn't get recorded. As for being able to read peoples' personal information, we encounter the exact same problem even in live MUDs. If you make something personal, then you'd better not make it world-readable, else any old snoop will be able to come along and read it. Since the historical observer can't do anything but look, he has even more restrictions than a "live" person would.
Of course, not every MUD would want to have this recording system. Let's face it; 99% of the things that happen on a MUD are completely useless in the long run.
_/\\_ "I believe with all my heart that the closer man comes to understanding / L \\ the universe, the closer he comes to understanding himself. And that, \\_ C_/ after all, may be the greatest gift ever bestowed upon us. On you, on
\\/ me, on all mankind." -- Wernher Von Braun No matter what other nations may say about the United States, immigration is still the sincerest form of flattery.
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Subject: Re: [archiving MUDs/MOOs]
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Community Memory: Discussion List on the History of Cyberspace ______________________________________________________________________
On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Peter da Silva wrote:
>There are also privacy issues with archiving MUDs. People consider their area on the MUD their private property, and put all sorts of personal information there. I think it's unreasonable to violate this expectation of privacy.
You can take care of the issue of privacy by giving rooms a Private flag. Any event that transpires in a private room doesn't get recorded. As for being able to read peoples' personal information, we encounter the exact same problem even in live MUDs. If you make something personal, then you'd better not make it world-readable, else any old snoop will be able to come along and read it. Since the historical observer can't do anything but look, he has even more restrictions than a "live" person would.
Of course, not every MUD would want to have this recording system. Let's face it; 99% of the things that happen on a MUD are completely useless in the long run.
_/\\_ "I believe with all my heart that the closer man comes to understanding / L \\ the universe, the closer he comes to understanding himself. And that, \\_ C_/ after all, may be the greatest gift ever bestowed upon us. On you, on
\\/ me, on all mankind." -- Wernher Von Braun No matter what other nations may say about the United States, immigration is still the sincerest form of flattery.
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