On 19/06/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:25:19 -0400, "The
Cunctator"
<cunctator(a)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.