Brian E Carpenter wrote:
> we do not know what constitutes an acceptable experiment on
> the Internet.
Maybe something that doesn't harm folks who don't participate.
For whatever reasons, maybe because they don't know about the
experiment.
> focus on the general issue rather than the specifics of any
> case.
"Voluntary" and "opt-in" appear to be keywords. A potentially
harmful experiment with non-consenting participants is dubious.
Intentionally disrupting other running experiments or breaking
standards is also dubious.
Maybe the latter is acceptable if it's a documented purpose of
the voluntary experiment, and causes no "real harm" for others.
For some values of "real harm" - one possible outcome of such
experiments could be "the whole world adopted it, what next ?"
Bye, Frank
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