On 19/06/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:25:19 -0400, "The Cunctator" cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
We've always been a target for vanity, spam and all manner of self-serving crap. See BJAODN. (Not to say that things don't change when you're in the top of nearly every Google search, just that people have feared and fretted over vandals and barbarians from day one.)
Difference: the reward is now greater, and with it the determination. I think people like Jason Gastrich have showed us this.
I'm not sure. I think the effect could just be numbers - i.e., there's a certain proportion of persistent nutters who just can't be told, and we get more readers, so we get more editors, so we get more nutters.
- d.