User blog:MattiasWestby/An important message

I started off in what appeared to be a relatively harmless role. I just wanted to help out around here. But now, I ind myself putting a great deal of trust in people I never met.

I had a few warning signs. I had a discussion with Preemie98 on his Message Wall, and he was really worried I might be an imposter and got quite upset about it. He said "You don't know who to trust on the Internet these days." And I realized that I didn't.

Then there was a newspaper clipping on my classroom wall about how UBC (University of British Columbia) students programmed a bot on Facebook that bypassed security and easily stole gygabyte upon gygabyte of personal information and would have continued if they hadn't shut it down and returned the information.

One time, I was on my iPad and my sister came up and said "It's just like Facebook." I have a passionate hate for Facebook, and the statement really irked me, but she was kind of right. I spend most of my time on the Message Walls and the Episode 43 comments page talking with other users. Just like Facebook.

But I think the last straw was when I found out TkaiaWolf, aka Anna, was not actually named Anna. Her name is Ruth. I suddenly realized that I know nothing about any of you. You're all strangers to me. One morning, I just got up and decided to stop going on the wiki. And I did. But I knew I couldn't leave without an explanation. I'll miss the Yogscast Wiki, but I think it's for my own good. Goodbye.