"Hey Paul, I keep getting all these junk email messages and they're filling up my inbox!"
"You're right. Someone went on an emailing spree. Now I'm going to have to write some software to prevent this kind of abuse. Great. As if I didn't have enough to do..."
"Hey Paul, my programs keep crashing and never get updated!"
"You're right. Someone went on a desktop software spree. Now I'm going to have to write some software to prevent this kind of abuse. Great. As if I didn't have enough to do..."
"Hey Paul, this C++ code takes ten thousand lines to get anything done and keeps doing a fandango on core!"
"You're right. Someone went on a blub spree. Now I'm going to have to show people how to avoid subjecting themselves to this kind of abuse. Great. As if I didn't have enough to do..."
I actually have a little free time now while I let a professional designer loose on some of my pages. Just post the source to news.yc and I'll send you a patch.
"Hey Paul, I am getting all these requests from YC clones to apply to their program."
"You're right. Someone went on a cloning spree. Now I am going to have to do something to prevent this kind of kind of abuse. Great. As if I didn't have enough to do..."
Maybe limit the number of "voting points" you get per day based on your karma? Works great at Perlmonks. Whoever it was went through my posts as well. I just figured I had pissed someone off with my Disqus post :-)
Sure enough. It was the same guy. I'm not going to out him, because he has contributed significantly to the site, and I think this was just a lapse of judgement but please do not do this anymore.
I restored your karma. Now I'm going to have to write some software to prevent this kind of abuse. Great. As if I didn't have enough to do...