From nobody Mon Mar 30 19:08:28 2026 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4fl14M5JK6z6XJ0M for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:08:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Received: from mx0.riseup.net (mx0.riseup.net [198.252.153.6]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mx0.riseup.net", Issuer "R13" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fl14L5g9Xz3xLs for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:08:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf-mardorf@riseup.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=riseup.net header.s=squak header.b=mlS6HqF1; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=riseup.net; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ralf-mardorf@riseup.net designates 198.252.153.6 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ralf-mardorf@riseup.net Received: from fews03-sea.riseup.net (fews03-sea-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.153]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mx0.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fl14K2Q90z9xV4 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:08:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=riseup.net; s=squak; t=1774897713; bh=9AziERR+4X4wOSWiotP1IbaEpVqc69EM0L6u8PdI8r8=; h=Subject:From:To:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=mlS6HqF1eXy9YZj1kEHtSe9UnZlbZJeMxgQw4kzxhfrrB3k+VYEGZdMMKCLw2j41r yoQxxuLmjUHzOHjj5hduBCxVwJCHFSP66InZauJkqFFnNayEaXD4ljjB0h/bpK/j3F YUDI3CHy8wuajJga1D0Rt3LccJhXqK8SPsimHu9c= X-Riseup-User-ID: D2B2899DE0ACC8D7F18AA73F09253C8EB5BE25AAAE99346D2B5F15FF473F3A86 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fews03-sea.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4fl14J52CLz23wj for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:08:32 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <14e7b3b1273dd1428cb22b22259d77b685d9e82b.camel@riseup.net> Subject: Re: FreeBSD forums hacked From: Ralf Mardorf To: questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:08:28 +0200 In-Reply-To: <61850ea45249b85764d9bc550d838b9d@dalescott.net> References: <2daa3b54-59b1-4bcd-afb5-8767fdd8c415@gmail.com> <03c13af8-bca5-4731-a4fd-92456db5bb7c@qeng-ho.org> <2a3701dcc067$38688290$a93987b0$@vestigocorp.com> <4edf0e50-1558-47ee-98d0-07ba01ce0948@alexburke.ca> <914b7a933d686c2c78443d7b2918eaee2c3d2d90.camel@riseup.net> <61850ea45249b85764d9bc550d838b9d@dalescott.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.06 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.96)[-0.955]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[riseup.net,none]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a:mx0.riseup.net]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[riseup.net:s=squak]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[198.252.153.6:from]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[riseup.net:+]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RECEIVED_HELO_LOCALHOST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:16652, ipnet:198.252.153.0/24, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[riseup.net:dkim] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4fl14L5g9Xz3xLs X-Spamd-Bar: ---- On Mon, 2026-03-30 at 11:45 -0600, Dale Scott wrote: > Without doing the math I think it shows a healthy community. I would advise caution when concluding that a high number of users on a platform necessarily indicates a correspondingly healthy community. There are some very telling counterexamples in this regard ;). I decided to do a random Google search using the letter "x" and "FreeBSD" as search terms. Google=E2=80=99s AI responded (translated from German): "X (formerly Twitter) has by far the largest community of the three platforms mentioned, followed by xHamster, while the FreeBSD Forums represent a very small, specialized niche. =20 Here is the comparison based on data from 2026: X (Twitter): Has several hundred million monthly active users (estimates for early 2026 are approximately 560=E2=80=93570 million) and billions of p= age views. xHamster: Ranks among the top websites worldwide, with over a billion visits per month (according to Similarweb for Feb. 2026). It is one of the most-visited pornographic platforms. FreeBSD Forums: This is a specialized technical forum for the FreeBSD operating system. The community is active, but tiny compared to social networks. There are a few thousand registered users who exchange ideas in threads.=20 Conclusion: X has the largest, most diverse community. xHamster is extremely large in terms of pure traffic, but thematically very limited. The FreeBSD Forums are a small, specialized community."