Originally posted by bbbj at 20-12-2011 01:37
... The moment that senior members and especially mods start to get too close to the WG's / Agents and start acting on behalf of them, I think you'll quickly start seeing a ...
Not sure if you were speaking hypothetically, but justed to clarify, I think the mods are very clear on that and don't behave in that way. A good, measured post, bro.
The way I see it, I also think that once a WG agrees to pictures, it is fine to share them. This is the world now and those who don't realise it will in the future. Sharing is at the heart of why we like to take pics. ("Share and care" is a nice thing to say, but let's face it, there is a huge amount of "Look how well I did?!" involved, right?) Yes, it maybe harsh on some WGs and adds another thing for them to be concerned or have regrets over, but nonetheless a good platform to help build.
A punter that wants more than an average relationship with a WG by definition needs to act with agenda, and therefore obviously cannot act for the general mongering masses. We all have such favourite WGs, no? Personally, I read reports on such WGs with a lot of interest, but subscribing to "what's in forum stays in forum", I never bring up the reports or let the info affect my expectations. In fact, I'm extremely careful about revealing the linkage between my forum identity and my "real" one (and indeed those of fellow members), which is another important facet of WIFSIF.
As an aside, we should be viewing use of RA as not a way to make anything secure, but a method of adding a (perhaps token) barrier. RA was originally used to motivate bros into participating in the forum (and often used for text-only reports), rather than to protect WG identities, back in the days when real pics were not that common.