That's exactly what I'm saying. We could shut down handshakes but then we couldn't grow. The shills come with allowing the handshakes and we just have to stay vigilant.
Shills are already here with convincing accounts. It's not hard to pretend to be in support of transparent elections and occasionally employ the above tactics. Sure the obvious ones are usually handshakes but you'll have a lot of trouble spotting those gunning for a mod position.
That's exactly what I'm saying. We could shut down handshakes but then we couldn't grow. The shills come with allowing the handshakes and we just have to stay vigilant.
Shills are already here with convincing accounts. It's not hard to pretend to be in support of transparent elections and occasionally employ the above tactics. Sure the obvious ones are usually handshakes but you'll have a lot of trouble spotting those gunning for a mod position.
The mod position is the most dangerous. Look at the damage that Jody did? We still don't know fully how deeply this hurt us as a community.
You're right. Don't let that stop you from getting involved locally though.