Sandy Sandfort wrote:
You have probably just read John's post. I truly hope YOU (each and every one of you) can rise to his challenge. If you have offered nothing in the past but criticism, it's now time to get a bit more real. What will it be, your money, time, equipment?
What challenge? An offer to break code for money? Not likely, is it?
I would hope that the loudest advocates of "free speech" turn out to be the most generous, but I'm not holding my breath. Maybe the solution(s) will come from you lurkers. I hope you can put down your beer long enough to get involved.
Generous with what? Get involved with crypto? That's why they're here in the first place, yes?
Finally, if anyone wants to discuss why the Cypherpunk list has come to this, or what I did right or wrong as a moderator, let's talk about--on the new list(s) YOU create. For now, though, it's off-topic. We have work to do.
I think they already talked about it, and the decision is in. What does "off-topic" mean? Does it mean further criticism will be censored?
P.S. To all those people who privately supported me in my attempt to help the list deal with its problems, thank you.
Help the list? You almost destroyed the list. If you wanted to help, you should have provided lessons on filtering.
I wouldn't have come back without your and John's encouragement.
A lot of people wish you hadn't come back.