Well I understand and respect your position. But aside from him, you would encounter a lot of people you either already know or would find interesting. Hell, you could be best man at his wedding! (Yeah, that last part was a joke.)
Yup. That's one of the reasons I'm participating in these groups. SUFON is one the most exciting groups of kindred spirits I have found in recent years. I'm already madly in love with Dr. Klevens....
If it would help, you could tell Dr. Klevens (for her ears only) that you know the guy who's paid by the USG to remove evidence of alien abductions from the internet. And that same guy had the brilliant idea, to not fully scour like China, which actually works against the goal of controlling the masses.
The trick is to leave "just enough" bread crumbs, so the informed in the masses spend all their time (and their minds) trying to deduce what's missing/not there.
I presented that strategy at my job interview, and it sealed the deal.
I didn't tell them that I knew the strategy would work because it was used successfully in the DBC case.