<Those that visit have the right to keep their privacy, yes, but I'm glad that you and/or Justin will be able to 'see' who they are. It will be a good way to be sure that what they have to contribute is true and on the level.

Well put, because anonymity alone can undermine trust. This "mediated anonymity" that I'm working on is designed to provide some mutual security through a trusted third-party. Kind of like the role a cop plays at a traffic accident ensuring that the two strangers who just collided are properly identified and accountable to each other.

Let me run another one by you on a similar theme. It'd be nice if people could edit their own posts, but that would destroy the integrity of the BBS as a permanent and trustworthy record of what people wrote. I figure to finesse that by allowing editing but have the system store a history of all versions of a post, and make prior versions accessible through a link on the latest version of the message. Posters can make aesthetic improvements or clarify, and still be held accountable and prevented from rewriting history. Wadda ya think?

--Robert