From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-17 15:44, Jörg Lorenz wrote:   
   > On 17.02.26 15:05, Chris wrote:   
   >> Carlos E. R.  wrote:   
   >>> Arlen is accusing now Frank Slootweg of being a troll. He started a   
   >>> thread on it.   
   >>>   
   >>> He has accused, over the years, everybody that contradicts him, of being   
   >>> a troll. Me included.   
   >>   
   >> Yup. And me.   
   >>   
   >>> Thus we say that he is the troll here. Do you agree?   
   >>   
   >> Based on years of evidence, yes.   
   >>   
   >>> Of course, the vote of a person that has never being heard in this forum   
   >>> is not valid, it could be Arlen in disguise. ;-)   
   >>>   
   >>> In my book, a person that routinely changes his name, ie, a name   
   >>> shifter, is a trol for that single reason (there are more, of course). I   
   >>> don't accept excuses to privacy.   
   >>   
   >> Correct. Consistent anonymity is pretty easy on usenet.   
   >   
   > Theoretically perhaps. But his linguistic patterns (like anybody elses)   
   > reveal his identitiy.   
      
   I think that Chris is saying that it is quite difficult to know who is   
   Joe Somebody actually, we do not need to constantly shift names to keep   
   a modicum of privacy or anonymity.   
      
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           Carlos E.R.   
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