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From: sho@pur-phy (Sho Kuwamoto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Price Lists, Rumors
Message-ID: <2191@pur-phy>
Date: 25 Apr 89 15:54:23 GMT
References: <6842@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <46100297@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: sho@newton.physics.purdue.edu.UUCP (Sho Kuwamoto)
Organization: Purdue Univ. Physics Dept., W. Lafayette, IN
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In article <46100297@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:

<I doubt if the net is the best place to initiate rumors. Since the
<best rumors come from people in the know, and the people who let them know
<might not like them letting the public in on information which would
<benefit the public (as opposed to keeping the public in the dark, which seems 
<be the desire of large companies), the in-people should send anonymous
<messages to various magazines that publish rumor columns, and are
<likely to be able to keep their mouths shut.

If netters at large are not morally opposed to such rumor colums in
magazines (a big if, I'll grant you) would it be feasible to have a
rumor moderator to send stuff to who vows to keep stuff strictly
confidential?  I suppose there would be a problem if the moderator
can't be trusted, since he would know where the original articles came
from, but maybe that could also be avoided.  Is there a way to set up
an FTP server which allows you to write to a specific directory?  Just
a thought.

-Sho