[MUD-Dev] The morality of logfiles [was 'Wild west']

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad <olag@ifi.uio.no>]

"Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>It is interesting that all of the mud conversation logs I have read 
>whether on this list, the WEB, or in Usenet were made public by 
>players/users of the system using their own clients rather than 
>administrators using server provided mechanisms.
>
>I think there is greater _danger_ (perhaps not a good word choice)
>of personal information being used in an offensive, vindictive or
>harassing nature by another player rather than a benevolent, just and
>dictatorial big-brother administrator, like myself. :P

The difference is a huge one.
Players are on the same level.
You see other players, you are aware.
(Depending on the system design, I don't accept bad designs..)

Ola.