On 20/11/2007, Durova nadezhda.durova@gmail.com wrote:
And I nominated Rand's biography for deletion... I've left a comment over at the blog. Now, anyone care to chip in with
the
work at WP:COIN?
I must say, I was most impressed by the creativity of the "spamfighter" who found his own sockpuppets ...
The use of trojan accounts for both internet abuse and abuse fighting has a long and storied history. Female account names and IRC nicks 18 years ago were a world-class hacker honeypot method. ****** So I'm a hacker honeypot?
Seriously, if anyone doubts why I admin coach sleuths, or spend time at COIN, or do outreach to the SEO world - I think that one blog explains the reason.
A lot of these people underestimate the downside when they try back door methods and overestimate their own skills at evading scrutiny. Basically they're risking their client list for a very small payout. Wikipedia's administrators aren't their real worry; the press is. And their competitors. There are some sharky ways they could feed on each other; these people haven't figured them out yet. And heaven help me, I've charted the scenarios. Sooner or later someone else who's less nice than I am will follow the same logical steps independently and eat their colleagues for lunch.
I just want to reach the ones who are honest enough that they're reachable, and save a lot of volunteer time by bringing them away from the dark side.
-Durova