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Why pastebin?
by michaelfeathers 14y ago
Why pastebin?
- deleted 14y ago[deleted]
- kamkazemoose 14y agoIt was probably originally an e-mail sent to everyone at MIT based on the 'Dear MIT community'
- sadfaceunread 14y agoCorrect. /Received said email
- wilfra 14y agoFor anonymity. The person who posted it is likely an MIT Student/Alumnus/Faculty who received the email and others might not like them sharing it.
- adoyle 14y agoIt went to the 'allmit' list (http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/allmit http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/allmit) which goes to "all current students (including incoming freshman and graduate students, special and cross-registered students) and all employees listed in the MIT directory or with SAP status=active" which is upwards of 22,000 people.
- wilfra 14y agoRight and evidently whomever shared this did not want the other 21,999 people seeing that they had posted it to their blog. So they shared it anonymously.
- kamkazemoose 14y agoEither that, or they don't have a blog. Pastebin is an easy way to share an e-mail or some other text if you don't have some other method of publication easily available.