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A little confused here...is Pastebin the communication method of choice for the President of MIT? Is this a re-posting of a letter? How have we verified that th
by SeanKilleen 14y ago
A little confused here...is Pastebin the communication method of choice for the President of MIT? Is this a re-posting of a letter? How have we verified that this is indeed from the President of MIT? All I see is a Pastebin guest account pasting a message with a text signature, and I don't see how that can be considered a verified communication to be commented on. I might be missing something; if so, someone please enlighten me.
- jsavimbi 14y agoYou can always go to the [enlightend] source: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/reif-letter-swartz-documents-0319.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/reif-letter-swartz-docume...
- koenigdavidmj 14y agohttp://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/reif-letter-swartz-documents-0319.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/reif-letter-swartz-docume... There's the official version. Text appears to be the same. I don't know why people use the Pastebin copy (I've seen this a few other times with documents related to the Swartz case).
- SeanKilleen 14y agoThanks for the update. Maybe folks copy it to Pastebin for anonymity or redundancy in case it should disappear. Possible that it was copied from an e-mail before it was known that the contents would be made public. Appreciate the link!
- nitrogen 14y agoTo add to SeanKilleen's comment, a Pastebin mirror probably can't be modified with subtle wording changes that might invalidate a lot of the discussion and conceal the original apparent intent of the letter. I'm not suggesting that MIT would do this, but that in general, a read-only mirror of a document can be a useful thing.