Ciro Santilli @cirosantilli 37

Hello,

I'm writing in reference to your Stack Overflow account:

I don't understand why you are actively promoting and assisting people to commit fraud on the site.

I've removed this from your profile github.com/cirosantilli/stack-overflow-vote-fraud-script and do not expect you to post it around the site.

I'm suspending you to gain your attention on this matter.

We have temporarily suspended your account; you may return after 3 days.

Regards,

Stack Overflow Moderation Team

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Hi mods,

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerckhoffs%27s_principle
  stackoverflow.com/questions/533965/why-is-security-through-obscurity-a-bad-idea
  Security by obscurity does not work. If that is all Stack Overflow relies on, and that is what it looks like, then it is guaranteed to be flawed and already been attacked.
  That is one of the reasons that my website will eventually beat Stack Overflow: github.com/cirosantilli/write-free-science-books-to-get-famous-website/tree/d77b18d2e7acb3558615797c36195f60dfd26306#pagerank-with-tags
• If you had messaged me and told me "take down or suspend" I would have done it immediately because I understand the meaning of political power.
  That would have been the better course of action for everyone: I get no block, and you get no bad publicity as I shout Kerckhoff's principle on Twitter.
  But maybe it is a good thing that people learn more about that.
• Is there an existing public discussion saying that you cannot advertise vote fraud tools on this website?
  If not, can you please create that meta thread as a reference for future users, and perhaps let the community decide by itself?
  In particular, will you still suspend me if I don't take down the GitHub repo?
  Because if not, does it make any sense to prevent it from being mentioned in Stack Overflow? Any good GitHub repo just gets enough Google pagerank that it won't matter.
  And if yes, nothing prevents me from re-uploading on an anonymous account.

I suspended you to get your attention. Your attitude about going to Twitter about it does not bode well with me.

Feel free to have whatever you want in your GitHub repo. Just don't advertise tools to make it easier for people to circumvent the rules. As easy or as hard as it may be to circumvent them, you're handing it to people who may not be capable of doing so. It doesn't help.

Don't make threats to upload on an anonymous account. Accounts created to circumvent previous warnings are not welcomed on the site.

We don't need a meta thread to discuss whether it's ok to post voting fraud links in your profile and we definitely don't need to give it anymore publicity.

I'll unsuspend you, now we've had this discussion.

Regards,

Stack Overflow Moderation Team