Jerry Bell :verified_paw: :donor: :verified_dragon: :rebelverified:​

@HamishMack I assume part of the dying process is all sorts of new members and increased activity.

Like 3 Jul 2023 at 18:37 | Open on infosec.exchange

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@jerry Oh yeah all that extra activity and new members points to the demise of the place.

3 Jul 2023 at 18:41 | Open on mastodon.nz

@jerry @HamishMack In medicine, this is called a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarisch%E2%80%93Herxheimer_reaction), seen shortly after you hit a spirochete infection with antibiotics -- they generate a lot of toxins while dying, causing an inflammatory reaction (or so goes the theory).

Guess we're just a big ol' case of syphilis!

PS I love this thread, but it's too damn big, can we quiet down the death rattles a bit?

3 Jul 2023 at 20:42 | Open on infosec.exchange