[sodomizer]

"this method of sleuthing would be far less exciting for users, and would probably generate less traffic, than its current free-for-all approach."

When people do things for their own entertainment, they're always thoughtless.

When they do them out of deep conviction that they're contributing something positive, as in the open source movement, they are more effective.

Ironically, terribly and not-funny-at-all, the Boston bombers were working with the latter mindset. This enabled them to put a city on standstill and terrify a nation using bombs made from household items and black powder (normally considered too slow to be useful as a modern weapon).