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'''Outing''' is the revealing of the name attached to someone's body, or any information that can be used to track them down and do [[bodily harm]] to them.  It is the most basic [[privacy]] concern that we can have regarding [[Consumerium Services]]. Names should never be attached if it can be avoided, and [[reputation]] should be managed by [[faction]]s to avoid relying on it too directly, which creates most of the temptations for outing in a [[large public wiki]].
'''Outing''' is the revealing of the name attached to someone's body, or any information that can be used to track them down and do [[bodily harm]] to them.  It is the most basic [[privacy]] concern that we can have regarding [[Consumerium Services]]. Any service purporting to espouse [[anonymity]] should avoid outing its contributors, and [[reputation]] should be managed by [[faction]]s to avoid relying on body names too directly.


It is a grave concern of the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]].  A good policy would be that no information can be revealed and attached to [[anonymous contributor]]s outside some process that examines only actual threats of bodily harm to other contributors, and to a degree that would stand up at least under [[international law]].  After all, comments made here may result in a risk to someone's life due to [[ruling party]] activity or revenge from those they are saying negative things about, true or not.  We don't want to help that happen, instead we would prefer the [[political virtues]] are applied very consistently.
It is a grave concern of the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]].  A good policy would be that no information can be revealed and attached to [[anonymous contributor]]s outside some process that examines only actual threats of bodily harm to other contributors, and to a degree that would stand up at least under [[international law]].  After all, comments made here may result in a risk to someone's life due to [[ruling party]] activity or revenge from those they are saying negative things about, true or not.  We don't want to help that happen, instead we would prefer the [[political virtues]] are applied very consistently.


[[Pinks]] in particular take outing extremely seriously - some factions in the gay community have relatively strict and brutal rules for dealing with those who "out" others on an involuntary basis:  whatever happens to the person who is outed, will happen to the person who outs them, period.  So if someone loses a job because someone else decided to reveal they were gay involuntarily, then, the faction will make sure that s/he who revealed them also loses their job etc.
[[Pinks]] in particular take outing extremely seriously - some factions in the gay community have relatively strict and brutal rules for dealing with those who "out" others on an involuntary basis:  whatever happens to the person who is outed, will happen to the person who outs them, period.  So if someone loses a job because someone else decided to reveal they were gay involuntarily, then, the faction will make sure that s/he who revealed them also loses their job etc.
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