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Re:Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snow... by dingaling on Thursday April 28, 2016 @03:45AM (#11587110)
In the army they call that behaviour 'the grey man'; trying to stay out of the upper and lower quartiles to avoid (1) being assigned difficult and / or risky tasks due to competence and (2) being assigned punishment tasks due to incompetence.

Usually grey-manning involves trying to do things just well enough to be signed-off, but not quickly enough to be commended and noted.

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Re:Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snow... by antihero on Thursday April 28, 2016 @05:59AM (#11587587)
Basically being "too normal".

I guess the lesson is to just be yourself and try not to piss anyone off.

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Re:Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snow... by eumoria on Thursday April 28, 2016 @08:08AM (#11588177)
Maybe the lesson should be if you're a law abiding citizen you should be able to go throughout your day without being spied on for any reason whatsoever.
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Re:Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snow... by antihero on Friday April 29, 2016 @06:17AM (#11594741)
Yes but that's not the world we live in is it.
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Re:Traffic to Wikipedia terrorism entries plunged after Snow... by logfromblammo on Thursday April 28, 2016 @10:39AM (#11589172)
The existence of such a behavior seems a clear indicator that the organization surrounding it punishes excellence--or at the very least, does not reward it in any meaningful way.
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