<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap">> I can understand the dating sites thing, but the social network? </pre></blockquote><font face="monospace"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I'm with you. I don't think my version is perfect, either. I just don't like the very specifically gender focused original. I suspect any group (women, for example) wants to be specifically targeted by a policy, even if it's on the "good" side of the policy. Do women want to be treated specially? I don't know. As a man I don't want anyone creeping on me, either. How can we make it more neutral and universal?</span></font><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap">> I do not find it awkward to add someone to my contacts if I had a 2 hours technical
> discussion or working session with. It could be courting, sure, but it
> could also be simple convergence of interests.</pre></blockquote><font face="monospace"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">"Hey, mind if I hit you up on Facebook?". Seems easy enough. In the context of this conversation, it's not what's awkward for you, it's what's awkward for them. Maybe "no googling" them is too extreme .. but I've certainly witnessed the creepy googling that happens by someone checking out woman who visited but they didn't actually speak too. How do you codify the difference as one is acceptable, the other is not?</span></font><div>
<font face="monospace"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="monospace"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I suppose part of my point is if you meet and speak with someone on the street, see them speak, or stumble upon them on the internet, then sure, google away. But maybe hackerspaces should be a safer place, where instead of anonymity and privacy, instead of it being assumed, is explicitly stated as an intentional right. "if you step into this space, you are granted these rights, that make this space unique; waive them as you see fit; report any violations of your rights."</span></font></div>
<div><font face="monospace"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></div><div><font face="monospace"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">I dunno. It's interesting to think about.</span></font></div>