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Re: [saag] Liking Linkability

Josh Howlett <Josh.Howlett@ja.net> Thu, 18 October 2012 16:08 UTC

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>As I once wrote, anonymity should be the substrate. Once you have
>that, you can the build on it to be linked when you choose to be, and
>not linked when you choose not to be. If it is not the substrate, then
>you do not have this choice.

+1 -- unlinked must be the default, with the option to link. Anything else
is untenable.

Josh.



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