[65788] in Cypherpunks
Re: Snake-Oil FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Rogaski)
Wed Sep 18 11:25:32 1996
To: krenn@nym.alias.net (Krenn)
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:00:43 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks)
In-Reply-To: <199609180001.UAA24489@anon.lcs.mit.edu> from "Krenn" at Sep 17, 96 08:01:40 pm
From: Mark Rogaski <wendigo@pobox.com>
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An entity claiming to be Krenn wrote:
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: It would be nice to have a list of actual products which are deemed
: potential snake-oil. Such a list could be maintained anonymously
: through a nym to avoid all the annoying legal problems with commenting
: on another's product. Though truth is the best defense against libel
: charges, it would be very annoying to be sued or some such by some
: hairbrained snake-oil peddler.
:
I think a blacklist of that sort is inherently bad. I would much rather
have the public be able to RECOGNIZE SYMPTOMS of snake oil, rather than
just be spoon fed a list of good products vs. bad products. Pardon the
cliche, but if you give a man a fish ... etc, etc.
mark
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