Bob Wyman of PubSub on the Yahoo FeedMesh group comes out with this epigram:
It is very difficult to publish and hide at the same time.
It’s not quite poetic, but it feels pithy, at least. The context? He’s explaining why syndication is less full of unwanted messages than, say, e-mail, because tracking the world of syndication requires “pulling data from people’s sites.” Of course, some technologies are about how to publish and hide, but — so far — attention hasn’t been abused by those applications and ideas, just copyright. (Just, he says…)
Nice Vannevar reference in Wyman’s blog title, too. The dream never dies.