Hi,
Georg Koppen: how do you convey the problem that all the other users of the Tor network could be affected
You can always say that and link to the relevant documentation.
You can also visualize the affect their participation in the network has, inherently addressing this issue as a result.
a bunch of users
How many is a bunch?
anonymity ramifications
Like what? Feel free to point.
performance/load-balancing implications
Like what? Feel free to point.
How is a user supposed to make an informed decision in this case?
Hopefully by being informed (:
The most common usability assumption is that complication and complexity are the same. This becomes an issue when it drives designations and people have their choices made for them, usually in an attempt to make things less complex, when it is complication that is the real issue.
Resulting examples are browser windows that decide what size they want to be, ignoring people input.
Wordlife, Spencer