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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, "Ed Jones" <edboxer@aol.com> writes:
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I'm reading above, the Member IDs really
> > serve no purpose other than a system ID, similar to a Unix address. They won't
> > be used as an identifier for posting to news/discussion groups. They will be
> > primarily background info, although they will/could display, along with
> > real/alias names, in news and on sites.
>
> Very well put -- Yes, that's about it! As far as I can imagine right now,
> they'll only appear in URLs. I'm *sure* there must be some other place that
> they'll pop up someday down the road, but my crystal ball draws a blank on
> that one today.
Just a thought, but how about in a chat? If LUGNET had a chatroom down the
road, the members would probably use their member name as a screen name.
Greg
citrusx__@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/
>
> Well, actually, here's one place they might show up: Suppose that someday
> lugnet.com (or lugnet.org) offers e-mail addresses. It would mean that, for
> example, LarryP might conceivably someday be able to receive and send mail
> to/from lar@lugnet.org -- that's not inconceivable someday.
>
>
> > If that is the case, then make it very easy on yourself, and everyone here, and
> > go with pure numerics.
>
> I think it really boils down to a choice between this format (letters):
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/lar/
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/pschmep/
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/bobklim/
> etc.
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=lar
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=pschmep
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=bobklim
> etc.
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/~lar
> http://www.lugnet.com/~pschmep
> http://www.lugnet.com/~bobklim
> etc.
>
> lar@lugnet.org
> pschmep@lugnet.org
> bobklim@lugnet.org
> etc.
>
> or this format (numbers):
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/1/
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/2/
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/3/
> etc.
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=1
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=2
> http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=3
> etc.
>
> http://www.lugnet.com/~1
> http://www.lugnet.com/~2
> http://www.lugnet.com/~3
> etc.
>
> 1@lugnet.org
> 2@lugnet.org
> 3@lugnet.org
> etc.
>
> See why I'm having such a hard time with pure-numbers?
>
> (BTW, there'd probably still be member-#'s just for fun even if there were
> alphabetic-character member-ID's.)
>
> --Todd
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