Suggestion to list admins for warning/disclaimer on the web for new subscribers

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 02:23:48PM +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote:
> The wikipedia page on cypherpunks have nothing to do with the current
> state of this list. History gets rewritten (from experience).
> 
> I suggest after list discussion the list admins to put a warning on the
> list web page. Something along the lines of (clearly needs rewriting):
> 
> ====
> The list is not it used to be and has nothing to do with the wikipedia
> page.
> 
> The list has spooks, paid trolls, other similar whores and possibly
> crackpots.
> 
> Some of them post actively, others rarely.
> 
> Their motivation might include:
> * social engineering
> * manipulating opinions
> * profiting from the past reputation of the term cypherpunk
> * killing the list
> 
> "What You See is NOT What You Get"
> 
> Use common sense when reading or posting to the list.
> ====

Excellent suggestion - full disclosure and pre-forewarning is highly
recommended. We have a duty of care to newcomers to make sure they don't
get involved in anything they might want to not get involved in, and
they ought be suitably forewarned :)