[Cialug] I Don't Hate Tikly--a Thoughtful Side-Topic Opinion

[Scott Yates]

I think Jim's point is more that, in a LOT of cases, your data sits in a
database somewhere when it really does not need to.

In the RSVP case, it would seem the most important info to get is a head
count.  That seems an ideal situation for the hash, count and drop table
scenario.

This idea that free pizza or the like should be an excuse for
companies/people to expect data seems wrong to me.

This said, services that provide inordinate value to me -such as gmail- I
have a more tolerant view towards.  Whether or not this SHOULD be the case,
I leave up for discussion.

Just my 2¢

On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Nicolai <nicolai-cialug at chocolatine.org>wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 09:00:28AM -0600, David Champion wrote:
> > I agree, Todd. If I'm providing something to you at no cost - pizza,
> > running a mailing list or forum, etc. and you can't even tell me your
> real
> > name and email address, then please do not expect to get anything from me
> > in return.
>
> Yeah.  If the group itself does the head-count, then getting a list of
> hashes is kinda weird.  Besides that hashing is just hand-waving in this
> context anyway.
>
> Who is collecting the data?  I think that matters more than the data
> itself.
>
> Nicolai
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