I appreciate your perspective but still think the community may still be better off--including those who take the time to RTFM--by taking a harm reduction approach to the RTFM-related problems you've mentioned.
The incident seems to suggest that at least some people who we could assume are capable of RTFM--and I heartily agree that this person is not a good example of tor usage for a variety of reasons--appear not to be RTFM for whatever reason. While I don't condone this user's choices, I hope it's not controversial to suggest that this person probably now wishes he had RTFM, or alternatively that the TBB's design had presented him with more timely, relevant information as he was actually using Tor. We may not feel sympathetic to this user's situation because of the circumstances, but I hoped to point out that something similar could plausibly happen to some *other* person using Tor for good that we probably wouldn't want to experience the Syrian equivalent or the Chinese equivalent of the consequences this person now faces. We're all free to reiterate RTFM from our positions of relative privilege, but I also think we should acknowledge that some users we should care about don't or won't or can't always RTFM. Framing user education as an important problem to solve or mitigate where possible seems like a more constructive approach to me. Maybe we can't prevent all users from making unwise choices, but to the extent we can help more of them, I still think we should try. So for the honest users out there who don't do reprehensible things but may also sometimes not RTFM (e.g. because their internet access is limited, or who live in constant fear of an oppressive regime, or who can't afford time in the internet cafe to read all of the documentation), I still hope this community will keep at it and continue to make it harder for users to make mistakes without impinging on others' autonomy/freedom. > Probably not. Most people do not follow instructions or do something > stupid. In this case he apparently immediately admitted that he had sent > the email. At least he is honest. > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk > -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
