In
this thread, I made the following proposal, but the thread was closed soon thereafter, and I don't know if it got to the right people for review.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Whatever your personal disagreements with a poster on this board, actively trying to get them fired or disciplined in the real-world is really far out of bounds.
This violates the spirit of the FlyerTalk TOS, which makes repeated references to posters' rights to privacy and focus on productive discussions of issues versus personal matters.
I also believe that it should violate the letter of the TOS, as well, and propose the following addition to the "Invasion of Privacy" section of the TOS:
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The right to privacy extends to a reasonable expectation that our members will not abuse any personal information that is shared. Abuse might include the sending of harassing emails to the member; contacting the member's friends, family, or employer; or making unwanted personal contact of any kind with the member.
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While I understand that the employee posters should know what they are getting into and take the necessary steps to protect themselves, it seems wrong that the community has no official means to condemn this behavior.
What think? (Sorry, I just saw the Steve Ballmer
Titans of Tech episode and I'm totally in love with this phrase!)
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robb is clearly within the margin of sampling error -
Googlism
[This message has been edited by robb (edited 01-29-2003).]