Alright, first of all: It was a mistake to respond to such an offer in public. It isn't really a subject everyone is supposed to know and read about. I'm sorry for that.
Second of all, it was my desicion and I don't have to explain myself, but in this case I will and hopefully it ends this discussion.
So, UnnDunn:
You are probably right. And it seems to me like you know what you are talking about. Maybe you have professional experience as well? I don't know. If you don't, allow me to use an analogy which might sound a bit far fetched but could be compared in a way.
Imagine you encounter a person that asks for your credit card and promises you to help you with your money and eventually make you more wealthy. Would you hand it over? Probably, if not most likely not. Why? Because you don't know and trust him. And it's pretty much the same for me here.
I have heard many stories about the old Brawna and how unstable it sometimes was due to hackers or ddos attacks. Or spam. So my initial goal was to make the new Brawna a more secure place. And while I genuinely doubt everyone on the internet has bad intentions, there might be 1% or even 0.1% that does. And this results in me assuming the worst to begin with.
P.E. Sherman might be a honest and trustworthy person, but I don't know it or him. And after looking at his profile, which looks like it was almost exclusively made only to offer his help here, I have to assume the worst to KEEP the new Brawna a safe place. If he were something which is around for years on Amaz0ns with a lot of content, my responce might have been different. I am usually one to be open to other people and take their advices or at least consider them, but who knows if he actually wanted to help me or if he was just looking for a loophole in my code that enables him to hack, spam or attack it in any way? Or even have me insert a bit of code from him that has a backdoor included? It probably is because I am a newbie that I am so paranoid about this, because more experienced people could trick me into things that arent intended to help but harm me and the site in return.
This is basically the reason why I declined his offer. But please don't be mistaken about what I'm doing. Maybe you know stackoverflow.com? I have asked various questions there and got help through it. So I'm not opposed to help, I just select my sources carefully.
That is my point, which I hope closes this dicussion and explains my thinking. I don't mean to offend anyone here, I'm just trying to protect and be (extremely) careful. Thank you!
Second of all, it was my desicion and I don't have to explain myself, but in this case I will and hopefully it ends this discussion.
So, UnnDunn:
You are probably right. And it seems to me like you know what you are talking about. Maybe you have professional experience as well? I don't know. If you don't, allow me to use an analogy which might sound a bit far fetched but could be compared in a way.
Imagine you encounter a person that asks for your credit card and promises you to help you with your money and eventually make you more wealthy. Would you hand it over? Probably, if not most likely not. Why? Because you don't know and trust him. And it's pretty much the same for me here.
I have heard many stories about the old Brawna and how unstable it sometimes was due to hackers or ddos attacks. Or spam. So my initial goal was to make the new Brawna a more secure place. And while I genuinely doubt everyone on the internet has bad intentions, there might be 1% or even 0.1% that does. And this results in me assuming the worst to begin with.
P.E. Sherman might be a honest and trustworthy person, but I don't know it or him. And after looking at his profile, which looks like it was almost exclusively made only to offer his help here, I have to assume the worst to KEEP the new Brawna a safe place. If he were something which is around for years on Amaz0ns with a lot of content, my responce might have been different. I am usually one to be open to other people and take their advices or at least consider them, but who knows if he actually wanted to help me or if he was just looking for a loophole in my code that enables him to hack, spam or attack it in any way? Or even have me insert a bit of code from him that has a backdoor included? It probably is because I am a newbie that I am so paranoid about this, because more experienced people could trick me into things that arent intended to help but harm me and the site in return.
This is basically the reason why I declined his offer. But please don't be mistaken about what I'm doing. Maybe you know stackoverflow.com? I have asked various questions there and got help through it. So I'm not opposed to help, I just select my sources carefully.
That is my point, which I hope closes this dicussion and explains my thinking. I don't mean to offend anyone here, I'm just trying to protect and be (extremely) careful. Thank you!