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 :)