Dear Zenaan, Georgi: Good suggestions, thanks! I edited the list public HTML based on what's below, and also the nice Pastebin article that was posted here recently.
https://lists.cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo - Greg On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 09:31:12PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 02:23:48PM +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote: > > The wikipedia page on cypherpunks have nothing to do with the current > > state of this list. History gets rewritten (from experience). > > > > I suggest after list discussion the list admins to put a warning on the > > list web page. Something along the lines of (clearly needs rewriting): > > > > ==== > > The list is not it used to be and has nothing to do with the wikipedia > > page. > > > > The list has spooks, paid trolls, other similar whores and possibly > > crackpots. > > > > Some of them post actively, others rarely. > > > > Their motivation might include: > > * social engineering > > * manipulating opinions > > * profiting from the past reputation of the term cypherpunk > > * killing the list > > > > "What You See is NOT What You Get" > > > > Use common sense when reading or posting to the list. > > ==== > > Excellent suggestion - full disclosure and pre-forewarning is highly > recommended. We have a duty of care to newcomers to make sure they don't > get involved in anything they might want to not get involved in, and > they ought be suitably forewarned :)
