Hi all,
I've been occasionally reading this list through the archives but I
thought I'd finally subscribe so I can participate a bit more. I
wanted to say "hi" immediately 'cause I understand some wikipedians
are nervous about where I work and I don't want to alarm anybody if I
delurk on another post.
I was tangentially involved in the rel='nofollow' development here and
I've followed those discussions with interest. It makes me happy to
see you care about the quality of the internet outside of wikipedia as
well as quality within.
Before Google, I helped build LiveJournal -- though LJ then was
pretty different from LJ now -- and I understand you use(d?) some of
our software (I contributed a tiny bit to memcached).
Anyway, I mostly wanted to say that I'm a huge fan of what y'all do
and I'm eager to see your success in the future. Maybe I can provide
advice or answers in the areas I'm knowledgeable about.
(Oh, and a disclaimer: I don't speak for the company.)