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[–]magnora7[S] 41 insightful - 2 fun41 insightful - 1 fun42 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I literally get DMs that are almost exactly this on a weekly basis. Sometimes even from mods on saidit. Not even joking. It gets real old.

[–]whistlepig 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You should make posts out of them. That would be entertaining. ;]

Maybe make a sub for them.

[–]magnora7[S] 20 insightful - 3 fun20 insightful - 2 fun21 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

Ugh I don't want to give the attackers one more bit of attention, they thrive on that, so it'd only be inviting more attacks, imo. I think that's why most admins don't speak out about this stuff, because even just talking about it often causes more attacks.

[–]quipu 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What about publishing regular reports (quarterly?) to show the number of DDOS attacks, the number and category of personal attacks, unusual activity from various IP/geographic regions, a summary of suspected cultural attacks, and anything else of interest?

This would demonstrate Saidit's resilience, and may help admins of other sites better understand the kinds of attacks they will face.

Edit: it also depersonalizes and minimizes the attacks, so it should make the attackers feel less rewarded.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not a bad idea, I will consider that some more.