[New-imc] New Victoria (BC, Canada) collective: editorial policy

[ekes]

On open publishing Petros Evdokas wrote:
> How exactly this is to be accomplished, is left up to each individual 
> editorial group. 

Which is good. However...

> And some groups ask that authors 
> register with an email address or username/password before publishing.
> 
> This last measure tends to be the most successful in limiting 
> inappropriate or offensive materials while still retaining the open 
> character of open publishing. It retains anonymity if an author needs it 
> (anonymous email addresses or pen-names are very common and easy to 
> acquire, providing varying degrees of anonymity), while at the same time 
> it discourages spammers and makes it easier for editorial groups to 
> communicate with an author to clear up misunderstandings, or to discuss 
> editorial questions, suggestions, etc.

I don't believe it is true to say that it is easy to aquire an truly
anonymous e-mail address - it's possible, but it's not within the bounds
of average users understanding of internet use. Otherwise it's as good
as logging their IP address for an authority trying to work out who
posted after the fact.

I suppose the best thing to do if any site is requiring registration
with an e-mail confirmation is they include details about how to go
about registering a truly anonymous disposable one time use address,
using Tor and appropriate providers etc.

ekes