You can (depending on Karma, I think?) vouch for dead comments. I just did for two of the author's comments, I don't think they should be dead at all. 1) The

You can (depending on Karma, I think?) vouch for dead comments. I just did for two of the author's comments, I don't think they should be dead at all. 1) The author states that their opinion changed somewhat 2) The author explicitly names a compromised deployment (Freenode). Haven't fact checked that, but that _seems_ like a good argument 3) The architecture of the network (random organizations sponsor servers) seems like a plausible excuse for headaches/complications as far as I'm concerned.