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

[gbnewby at pglaf.org (Greg Newby)]

Dear Zenaan, Georgi:

Good suggestions, thanks!  I edited the list public HTML based on what's below, and also the nice Pastebin article that was posted here recently.

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  - Greg

On Sat, Sep 03, 2016 at 09:31:12PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> 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 :)