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http://www.slashdot.org/~PlayfullyClever

http://www.playfullyclever.com/ and slashdot.html slashdot2.html on that site

for the digg fanboys out here: http://digg.com/robots/Exploiting_Slashdot:_Plagia rism_for_karma

Now I really can't think of any reason one would waste time on a project like that. If you're so anti-slashdot, then just leave it, buddy! Furthermore their complaints are pretty much bogus currently. Since the editorials on slashvertizements that cmdrtaco wrote last month, the situation improved pretty much I would say. Didn't see a dupe in a long time as well.

Anyway, I hope it won't become a habit, as it spoils the effort of people that really are interested in writing serious discussion, which is were most of us are here for anyway.

I use Stallman as a mousetrail on my website.

http://www.playfullyclever.com/

Stop accepting stories by Luke PiWalker. This is an account owned by PlayfullyClever, a troll so hideous and shameful that even the GNAA wishes not to associate with him.

Yeah, as it says on its website:
"Yeah I'm starting up our slashvertising again, this time using the most playfully clever name ever created. It disguises me as one of the Slashbots so I can easily destroy them from the inside! More to come soon!"

It's a protest against the moderation scheme on /., and it takes advantage of the editorial bias. (A bias that CmdrTaco indicated earlier - it's his blog, it should reflect what he wants to present.) It does quite well with its scheme - 5 submissions approved in 4 days.

I'm inclined to think that if I ever expect to see one of my postings approved, I'll have to link to that site.

I doubt that they actually read /., but if you do:
PlayfullyClever, turn off the floaties on your web page! Oh, and I think you could make a better pun with "Princess Leia".

Good game Slashdot being behind the times, I think it is time for a major change at slashdot. Anyone can go to other sites and get much more up-to-date technology news. It is not really news when it is a week later than other sites report. Well, hopefully CmdrTaco will rally the slashtroops and fix this problem before slashdot eventually kills itself. There is only so much that slashtrolls can put up with before leaving for other sites, like CNet News

Look at the link on the submitter:

http://www.playfullyclever.com/

And then you'll see articles like this one:

"The Problem With Slashdot
Everyone seems to be bitching about Slashdot these days. Whether it's dupes, digg farming, **Beatles-Beatles spam, or even yours truly, everyone has something to whine about. The problem is that none of these things are really the problem (oops, that's a thinker, don't hurt yourself slashbots)...."

So it seems this guy is working in the spirit of http://anti-slash.org/ -- but even sneakier -- the guy gets a dupe posted, where it links to his "how to fix Slashdot" webpage.

What a PLAYFULLY CLEVER bastard!

I also use domain masking/redirection from godaddy, but when I connect with Opera it seems to work just fine. Has the problem been fixed already or am I just lucky ;-)?

Does this work for you too?

Yeah, wow, YOU GOT ME. I like how you fail to realize the fact that the post IS STILL INSIGHTFUL. Most people obviously didn't catch it the first time around. Of course, I am taking credit for someone else's work, but since this is Slashdot you don't really OWN your comments anyway. For a more detailed explanation of the theory behind my reposting, just look here: http://www.playfullyclever.com/slashdot.html.

Please try to understand things before you criticize them and shout PLAGIARIST!

In addition to posting blatant advertising for the BeatlesBeatles and Joel on Software and TheEscapist and other stuff in a very "Microsoft/TimeWarner future partnership ass-kissing networked" sort of way, they don't even have a problem accepting submissions and posting them from blatant trolls and rip-offs like the submitter of this article (see the following current headline on the site of the submitter of this article):

In short, the editors are such fucking incompetant idiots that they willingly and knowingly entertain the submissions of admitted plagiarists. On the other hand, it's a really great way to make sure that Slashdot is never taken seriously anywhere by anyone. Seriously, Slashdot editors (Malda, etc) -- get your shit together. Half the joy of even bothering to show up and check Slashdot out each day now isn't for the articles or discussions, but to see what careless, stupid, sell-out, dimwitted shit you guys will do next.

Win Slashdot? (12/05/05) - PyWiz

Some of the slashbots have started to take notice that all of our posts are blatantly plagiarized. They wonder out loud in their replies why we would do such a thing? Well for all you curious slashbots that wonder why we felt the need to beat the world's most famous News for Trolls website, your answer is here

Slashdot: News for Trolls. Stuff That Doesn't Matter.

Okay, first of all for all of your slashbots that are out of the loop, we (known on Slashdot as PlayfullyClever) are blatant plagiarists. Almost (and by almost I mean more than 90%) all of our posts are reposts found using the Anti-Slash Database Tool, which allows the user to search for high-modded posts on a particular topic. Basically when a new article comes out on Slashdot we skim the summary for key words and plug them into the database tool. When we find a relevant-looking (I say relevant-looking because we don't actually read the summary so sometimes our posts are a little off base) post, we simply copy paste it and post to Slashdot. The funny part about this is that almost all of our posts get rated 5, just as they were originally. It is especially amusing when we get a high rating in spite of the fact that someone spots our plagiarism and points it out in a reply, as happened here.

Why would we do this? Well, there are several reasons. First of all, we do it for kicks. As I said earlier, it is rather amusing how little new information is actually added in Slashdot discussions. Simply towing the party line will get you a 5 rating, even if, as happens in many cases with our reposting, the post is slightly or completely offtopic.

The second major reason is promoting our site. We have a link in our signature and of course when we submit articles we get hits from people clicking on our name. We've gotten over 500 unique hits in the past 3 days the site has been up, and considering the quality of site we have, that's some quality advertising.

Some of you might be thinking that we're selfish and that we're destroying what once used to be a respected discussion forum. Well, you're wrong. First of all, with all the FPs, Penisbirds, and GNAA trolls, our reposting is hardly degrading anything of worth. Second of all, the moderation system is build to handle just our type of cleverness (namely, playful) by allowing readers to mod us down if they don't find our comment interesting. Obviously, even though it is plagiarized, our comments still hold the interest of a large number of moderators. Of course there is the slight moral problem of representing someone elses work as our own, but I mean come on, this is the 21st century, get over it.

In conclusion, all you slashbots who whine about PlayfullyClever being a "blatant plagiarist": you're right. Now STFU. kthx, py

I'm not sure why these people get so many articles posted. They are quite up front about who they are / what they do. I guess Zonk likes to reward honesty ;-)