On 09/04/2016 10:37 AM, oshwm wrote: > Should the list really be forwarding new people to pastebin considering > it sits behind Cloudflare?
Pastebin is using Cloudflare? Sigh... add another to the shit list. Rr > > Or maybe the list really isn't what it used to be? > > oshwm. > > On 04/09/16 18:33, Greg Newby wrote: >> 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 :) >
