Community,
I know we've suffered a major attack and blow to the things we hold dear. This is part of the game. There is risk. We can never be complacent. We need to stop being fucking lazy and taking the proper measures to protect ourselves. I say this out of concern for all of you b/c the shit we do here is serious.
For those who have been around a while know that I've been around quite a while as well. I've modded on this sub for years. I want the community to know that the mod team we have assembled have also been around for years. They were picked for their contributions to the community. Here's the deal: Modding this sub draws scrutinity to that person. We want the best mods we can get and the ones who take OPSEC seriously are often only willing to mod under an alt. Just b/c the account may be new does not mean the person is new. We don't mod people on the main sub who haven't been around for a while.
Because I haven't changed alts, this is a continuity that should be apparent. For whatever reason, I haven't changed alts myself, but at least I hope you'd know that given that, the standards we have for the mods are high and we expect the most out of them. The mod team are not just random people picked. They have been contributing members of the community who were willing to lend their particular expertise to the sub under the condition that they could do so under an alt. We are willing to do that so we can get the best people.
We have a fantastic group of people modding this place. The way the "Pearl Harbor" attacks were handled here by those present (I can take no credit as I was gone) was admirable and they did a great job sifting through the FUD and calming nerves as best as can be. Keep in mind that we always seem to have more work than mods.
This is just a post from all of us telling you that we are here and we are a group of people who have participated in this community for years.
~Econ
This will be a period in history, we will look back at this and think
"Why the fuck we're we so lazy?"
Encrypt your shit twats