Elonka wrote:
] (1) I agree that I want privacy concerning what kinds of
] stuff that I am reading. I don't believe it's anybody's
] business to know every web page that I surf to on a given day,
] or which articles I spent time reading thoroughly, and which
] ones I just skimmed through, or which links I opened up
] because somebody sent me a funny URL, etc.
]
] (2) In terms of what I recommend, meaning it shows up on my
] Memestream Page, I see that information as public. If I care
] enough to recommend a link and say something new about it,
] I've already accepted that my recommendation, and my comments
] about that recommendation, are public.
]
] (3) In terms of what I *click* on, I don't believe that that
] information should be public. I classify that as stuff that I
] read, which is okay for sysops to know if they really want,
] but I don't really want it all publicly available to be
] analyzed and criticized ("Hey, did you see that Elonka went to
] the yahoo.com search engine 10 times today? What, Google
] isn't g00d enough for her anymore?")
]
] (3) In terms of which of the existing Memestreams articles
] that I recommend, and *whose* stuff I recommend, like If I
] recommend 10 links by person A, 6 links by person B, 3 by C,
] etc., I don't mind if that information is public, nor do I
] mind if it's displayed in a quantifiable chart format.

I completely agree with Elonka. At PhreakNIC I asked Decius if other people could see a user's reputation agent. I wanted to know if there was anything telling readers "if you like this user's Meme, you may also like these other users' memes." While I agree with Decius' answer on why a user's reputation agent should be kept private, I still wanted a way for readers to expand there horizons and discover more Memes that they like without having to go through the user list and read everyone's Meme. The recommend trees for each article are already available, so anyone could compile this data. I don't see any reason not to display how often I recommend material from other users.
-Stowbari

RE: An important privacy question