> "After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Merged did great things - terrible, yes, but great."
I think the most ingenious part was picking the right project to infiltrate. Reading "Hans'" IFUNC pull request discussion is heart-wrenching in hindsight, but it really shows why this project was chosen.
I would love to know how many people where behind "Jia" and "Hans" analyzing and strategizing communication and code contributions. Some aspects, like those third tier personas faking pressure on mailing lists, seem a bit carelessly crafted, so I think it's still possible this was done by a sophisticated small team or even single individual. I presume a state actor would have people pumping out and maintaining fake personas all day for these kind of operations. I mean, would have kinda sucked, if someone thought: "Hm. It's a bit odd how rudely these three users are pushing. Who are they anyway? Oh, look they are all created at the same time. Suspicious. Why would anyone fake accounts to push so hard for this specifically? I need to investigate". Compared to the overall effort invested, that's careless, badly planned or underfunded.
I think the most ingenious part was picking the right project to infiltrate. Reading "Hans'" IFUNC pull request discussion is heart-wrenching in hindsight, but it really shows why this project was chosen.
I would love to know how many people where behind "Jia" and "Hans" analyzing and strategizing communication and code contributions. Some aspects, like those third tier personas faking pressure on mailing lists, seem a bit carelessly crafted, so I think it's still possible this was done by a sophisticated small team or even single individual. I presume a state actor would have people pumping out and maintaining fake personas all day for these kind of operations. I mean, would have kinda sucked, if someone thought: "Hm. It's a bit odd how rudely these three users are pushing. Who are they anyway? Oh, look they are all created at the same time. Suspicious. Why would anyone fake accounts to push so hard for this specifically? I need to investigate". Compared to the overall effort invested, that's careless, badly planned or underfunded.