The Listers are coming to your neighborhood!
Here’s a thought. Everyone that was on the list of 59 should form a gang called ”The Listers”. We can all get tattoos with a picture of a stylish “59″ inside of a flat panel monitor, buy black motorcycles with the same logo on the fuel, and seek out rude cab drivers to pelt with racist comments. Then maybe we’ll get some respect.
Look, I know this dang list was a bunch of crap. I know that it was a machine created to drive traffic to the IT Security website (dang it, I linked to it again). I know me being one of the top influencers in IT Security is about as real as me being an influencer in Britney’s decision to shave her head (of course, she did go to high school in my hometown, so maybe I did influence her decision – **GASP**). But really, is it such a bad thing? Like LonerVamp says, “No matter what, that list is still a great resource to plunk all those sites and blogs into your favorite RSS tool and keep up with our industry.” Of course, he was really dissing “The Listers”, even though he said for us not to take offense. You’re on our list, LV!! (pun intended)
So I am going to be honest and say, “I like being on the list,” even if it was thrown together and has about 50 typos.
And to all you “non-listers”, don’t get on our bad side. We don’t want to have to use our influence to squash you.
Vet (A.K.A. Lister 16)
