I think maybe 6-8, not sure. I was going to go further but the site went down too quickly. Users were selected based on having a large number of posts.
I wanted something to make it sound realistic. And rationalist/EA culture loves surveys and collecting data. :)
Part of me wants to say you plonker for falling for it (as you said, there were plenty of clues, plus the fact that the launch codes weren’t repeated in the second message) but another part of me remembers that I fell victim to a Trojan once so I have some sympathy for you.
In the spirit of learning from this, I’d be interested to know how many people you sent the message to and how you chose them etc.
I particularly liked the “You will be asked to complete a short survey afterward” touch—what made you think to include it?
I think maybe 6-8, not sure. I was going to go further but the site went down too quickly. Users were selected based on having a large number of posts.
I wanted something to make it sound realistic. And rationalist/EA culture loves surveys and collecting data. :)
Yeah, that honestly made it feel so real.
Part of me wants to say you plonker for falling for it (as you said, there were plenty of clues, plus the fact that the launch codes weren’t repeated in the second message) but another part of me remembers that I fell victim to a Trojan once so I have some sympathy for you.