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New Campaign Features Internet Trolls On Roadside Billboards (bbc.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A campaign taking shape in Brazil seeks to fight online harassment in an unusual way: by posting the abusive comments on real billboards. "The group collects comments from Facebook or Twitter and uses geolocation tools to find out where the people who have posted them live. They then buy billboard space nearby and post the comments in huge letters, although names and photos are pixelated." Brazil has laws prohibiting racial abuse, but this group doesn't think the government is doing enough to stop it. The campaign's founder said, "Those people [who post abuse online] think they can sit in the comfort of their homes and do whatever they want on the internet. We don't let that happen. They can't hide from us, we will find them."
Imagine driving along the highway and seeing a billboard with nothing on it, except...
Anonymous Coward: fp ...
Anonymous Coward: fp
Anonymous Coward: fp
Someone you trust is one of us.
"Those people [who post abuse online] think they can sit in the comfort of their homes and do whatever they want on the internet. We don't let that happen. They can't hide from us, we will find them."
So the idea is that you're going to find them, and then post their picture and their message near to them so that they and everyone else can see what a tool that person is. Except you're going to obscure the picture and hide the name so that nobody knows who did it except the original author. Basically, you're just publishing this person's hate mail on the wall like a poster, and letting them see their work writ large.
How many people saw that and then reacted by looking at the comment history of their favorite slashdot troll(s)?
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
Put up large but with the troll's name and other identifying information blurred out. How useful is this actually going to be?
blindly antisocialist = antisocial
Instead of just trolling facebook, they are now able to troll the streets. And they don't even have to pay for it!
Great idea.
It will become a badge of 'honor' and a competition among the trollish to get their posted on a billboard.
"See dudes? Look at how cool I am !!"
Remember kids its okay to dox someone if you are doing it for the right reasons.
I wonder how members of this group would react if people start posting their comments anonymous or otherwise without context.
I have no problem with what they are doing. I don't believe at all in any of this PC safe space bullshit. I just hope these folks realize that what they are doing is abusive in its own way. I don't challenge their right legally ( I have not idea what the rules are in their country) or morally to do this. They should understand though that its not likely to escalate rather than deescalate the discourse and its going to make their group and its members targets. The people they are calling out as trolls will probably respond by doing what trolls do, more trolling. As long as they understand by doing this that they have it coming and don't go crying to 'mommy government' best of luck to them.
Repeal the 17th Amendment TODAY! Also Please Read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
No seriously. I'd be curious about the legalities of this; can they ensure that the age of the person they're "outing" is an adult? Are their "children online privacy" laws in Brazil similar to the U.S.?
At what point do people need to take responsibility for their actions or words?
I was under the impression that being a minor was not permission to misbehave, but is a state where the punishments for misbehaving are less than for an adult since a minor is still theoretically learning. The crux is that the minor still needs to be punished so that they learn that there are indeed consequences for their actions.
This seems like a fairly mild form of social shaming. People generally have fairly short attention spans, this will be forgotten by most people outside of the subject and possibly the subject's immediate circle, but the subject will probably have a fairly lasting memory of the event and maybe will change behavior on account of it.
Stop overprotecting minors from the consequences of their actions. When you overprotect them and don't force them to suffer minor consequences for their bad behavior then they reach adulthood still engaging in those bad behaviors until they run afoul of the law and now suffer much more severe consequences as adults than they ever would have suffered as minors.
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
This is supposed to be shameful? I'd be damn proud I'd one of my trolls made it on this billboard. That's like the ultimate goal for a troll like me - getting as many eyeballs on my message and as much attention as possible.
Next time I go to Brazil, I'll think of this campaign and take my shot at fame with a good troll or two.
Sincerely,
AC
Post insulting tweets
in attempt to inflame
your message on signs
will be your fame
Burma Shave
Have gnu, will travel.
This kind of passive-aggressive whining will only encourage the trolls. Trolls thrive on the reaction they get. Giving them a billboard full of their trolling will stoke their ego more than anything else. This approach will only encourage them to troll harder so they get more billboards dedicated to their trolling.
If they are censoring the name and the profile picture, then doesn't this just give the trolls free publicity? Am I missing something?
Campaigners: "You can't just say whatever you want on the Internet! There are real life consequences!"
Trolls: "Thanks for censoring my personal info, dipshits! Now nobody but me knows I posted this, and I've got a fucking billboard displaying my awesome put-down! Trolololololol!!!"
It's not just people posting insults in the internet who are trolls. On the other hand, maybe they're just trolling us?
It's s stupid idea. There's enough crap floating around on the internet - there's no need to add to the visual blight on the landscape, in what will surely turn into a contest to see who can get their stuff featured on a billboard. In other words, they need to read up on the law of unintended consequences. Or talk to Barbra Streisand ... :-)
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
We know it encourages trolls, just like media advertising people and their manifestos who commit horrible crimes encourages more crimes. This is such basic psychology that people in junior high get it (and used to be taught it). When you claim that the effect will not be what they intend, make sure you know the real intentions (not always the published one). I see this as a larger push to block free speech. More CISPA/SOPA dialogue will follow, and of course be hammered in to place because *insert appeal to emotion* trumps sanity when it's pushed enough.
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
Seems like revenge doxing disguised as a crusade disguised as a PSA.
"Can we all get along?" - Rodney King
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
The blur out any identifying info... Although I suppose if it's a public comment then a quick Google search will find the source anyway.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Why do people continue to use the word "troll" to describe every offensive thing they see on the Internet? Trolling means you are looking to provoke a reaction by making comments designed just to get a reaction. Some people post offensive things that they actually believe in. They aren't looking for a reaction, but posting what they really think. Those aren't "trolls", they are just offensive people.
The blur out any identifying info... Although I suppose if it's a public comment then a quick Google search will find the source anyway.
So they're going to "fight Trolls" by giving them a huge public forum for their comments to appear on?
Brilliant.
Thank you for posting exactly what I was talking about.
Hypocrite
Unfortunately, this post is a little lacking on the usual insults, so it isn't a very good example. But perhaps if your mom was forced to endure you being quoted insulting people with Autism, and calling them retarded, perhaps she might put a stop to your internet privileges.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
APK, trolling on an article about trolling is just classic. Are you hoping to make a billboard so you can teach more people why not to use a hosts file? Are you trying to get a visit from your local police to force you into a psych evaluation?
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Jesus fucking Christ you're such a tedious cunt. Wind your neck in.
Every time this comes up I'm struck by the same few thoughts:
If we hadn't succumbed to the commercial desire to mine our real identities and instead had stayed with the early internet's pseudonymity culture, we'd be more able to isolate any online abuse from our real lives.
What happens online should stay online, but this now seems impossible.
The troll is an individual, who wields their (largely illusory) power through manipulative skill and sheer determination to annoy and frustrate. It seems unfair that the victim, also an approximately equal individual on the receiving end should be allowed such disproportionate means of retaliation. Is one against one so unfair?
I know, the world don't work like that, but it should.
It isn't really for true trolls, thoug they may seek it out. It is for the occasional rude jackass who has a public, non-anonymous persona (even though censored on the billboard.)
It is also part of the beginning of the borgification of a human hive mind.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
Aww, thank you APK, it makes me feel all warm inside when you call me a troll. It is so nice when one of the biggest trolls in the community welcomes me with open arms to his elite community. It makes me feel awesome that you have finally allowed me to join the hallowed halls of trolldom where you rule as king of all the trolls.
So, when do I get my Moo pin, or my Apping App App? Or maybe you hand out APK pins, with this as the picture:
https://www.google.com/search?...
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Nice fucking ad. Please, die.
The troll response to seeing "HITLER DID NOTHING WRONG" plastered across a billboard will be checking a box labeled [x] Huge success
Hell, even my own inner troll is tickled retarded at the idea.
Also in Brazil TV show called CQC did something similar, they went after people posting offensive comments on diverse topics. I think some apologized but it was a short run, they ended after a guy headbutted and punched the reporter on camera.
http://ig-wp-colunistas.s3.ama...
Thanks for the link, that is some entertaining reading.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Who determines what is deemed "offensive?" Whoever that is has all the power...
It's still anonymous. If they wanted to do it right, they would put the username or even the real name of the person that posted it.
Sure people may lose their jobs and be publicly humiliated, unless they are basement dwellers already.
Have you ever fallen asleep at the keybhanusdiog?
I don't usually troll, but when I do all of my posts will end with: SPEED LIMIT 85 MPH
(When in Brazil I will translate to Portuguese/Metric.)
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How else programmatically update it?
"requires elevation to write hosts" - by Coren22 (1625475) on Wednesday September 23, 2015
Hypocrite later admits it - hosts do vs. WFP/SFP not my ware. Users set it not programmatic impersonation. Security wares need it.
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Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes
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Hardcoded favs users provide = REVERSE DNS verified & my ware filters 5,500++ false positives - security site hosts data = false positives filtered.
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"Apk doesn't think DNS servers are worth running & believes Microsoft Active Directory can run w/out DNS." - by Coren22 (1625475) on Tuesday October 27, 2015
Show us where I say it? Not illogic logic but where I say it. I say AD needs internal DNS far back as 2007
http://forums.tweaktown.com/wi...
See "To warn users who have ActiveDirectory/AD LAN-WAN setups to NOT use external DNS servers" there.
APK
P.S.=>
"modding you down for trolling in your signature" - by Dog-Cow (21281) on Wednesday November 25, 2015
Dog-Cow's (old acc't. no new sockpuppet from you) thoughts of your signatures about me
... apk
Billboards are for cows.
You are all cows.
Moo, you billboard reading cows!
Burma Shave.
At what point do people need to take responsibility for their actions or words?
For actions, it is when they cause specific identifiable harm to other individuals. For words, it is when they are a clear and credible threat to a specific individual, or a clear and immediate danger to other people (shouting fire in a theater). Otherwise people should be free to do most things, and free to say anything, including things that are offensive.
This campaign is shameful. Brazilians should be fighting to end censorship of opinions, not trying to get their government to be more repressive.
That will teach them. If it's one thing trolls want to avoid, it's attention in a public forum.
Dark Reflection
This group is worried about racist comments online. So they are going to buy huge billboards and post racist remarks.
I guess we should just be grateful that they are not as worried about Child Porn.
Troll is not a replacement for I disagree.
You're happy? Good for you!
Shaw his ISP in Canada put him on a tracking ticket for email harassment too
I find that claim kind of funny considering that was the primary reason given for you getting booted from Ars, you were caught spamming people from someone's email address, and were reported to your ISP RoadRunner. Perhaps someone should let Shaw know that very likely it was you doing the harassment and not them.
* I can't help it that I am SUPERIOR to all of you "arseholes" @ arstechnica (home of the troll + underachiever online, lol)...
I haven't yet seen evidence you are superior to slime mold.
Cybordeath? That's not I, sorry... I had no need to use other identities other than myself...
Yeah right, you were outted saying me in that thread, that they were insulting you while you posted as Cybordeath.
Ask THOR SCHMUCK how Computer Associates PC suite is doing? LOL, sold off for the garbage it is AFTER CA was caught in ACCOUNTING SCANDALS -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=c... [bing.com]
So, he made more money off of his work than you do...amazing...
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
At what point do people need to take responsibility for their actions or words?
For actions, it is when they cause specific identifiable harm to other individuals. For words, it is when they are a clear and credible threat to a specific individual, or a clear and immediate danger to other people (shouting fire in a theater). Otherwise people should be free to do most things, and free to say anything, including things that are offensive.
This campaign is shameful. Brazilians should be fighting to end censorship of opinions, not trying to get their government to be more repressive.
You understand that it is an NGO thing, right? No government involved. No repression.
Yours, from Brazil.
You understand that it is an NGO thing, right? No government involved. No repression.
You understand that it is an NGO that lobbies the government to be more repressive? From the summary: "Brazil has laws prohibiting racial abuse, but this group doesn't think the government is doing enough to stop it."
Is this an impersonation? Or is APK actually going schizophrenic? That huge body of evidence is actually laughable, did you ever fix the path issues in your batch file install script?
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
They tracked the IP address to you bub, you are the utter failure.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Show me the least bit of correction APK. You have yet to actually say anything about what I said except to attack me personally and call me a retard. You have yet to actually prove anything I say wrong. If you ever manage to come up with an argument that doesn't involve personal attacks instead of proof than maybe you might have a point. Until you actually have a civil discussion, you will continue to be considered a troll by the whole Slashdot community, not just me.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
You have seen my work? I would be really surprised if you could even gain access to the buildings where I work.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
At least what I create doesn't have negative worth. You created GUI front ends to the copy and delete commands. Are you too good for Windows Explorer? You made a GUI front end for a simple sort/unique command (that you felt the need to rewrite yourself) on a series of other people's hosts files. Now you are terrified that you have nothing to show for your 50+ years of life. I however know what I have to show for my life and don't need validation from an internet troll.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
APK Impersonates and intelligent human being. I never impersonated Steven Burns, which I assume is what you are trying to claim with that wall of garbage you keep posting. I have no idea why you would think I did anything of the sort. I linked to a post claiming to be by him, how would I know if it is him or not?
I don't even know if this is really Alexander Peter Kowalski, or a Penguin in the New York Zoo.
http://madagascar.wikia.com/wi...
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
My Hello World was awesome!
Then again, as I never claimed to be a programmer, and you did, we can criticize your programs. Your installer is a joke, you hard code paths that aren't always correct, you overwrite files in C:/Windows/System32 rather than keeping your outdated copies in the application folder, you use a freaking batch script for an installer instead of install shield or another installer program. You programmed your thieving code in Delphi. You refuse to allow others except your hero look at your code. Your application uses hosts files from external sources you have no control over, yet you claim that doesn't open your "customers" up to Man in the Middle attacks. Your program will make a computer nearly unusable except on the hard coded favorites, and even then if they make calls to non hard coded sites, they will take forever. You refuse to acknowledge that DNS is far superior in name resolution than a hosts file. You seem to think that hosts files will always be respected by the OS, despite proof that it won't in Windows 10.
Should I go on? Or do you finally see the point here?
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
So in other words, you have no response to anything I typed, and would prefer to spew your load of crap that I already refuted. It is nice to see that you can take constructive criticism from those who know more about security than you.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
I didn't eat anything, man-child. Steve sent me an email and said that he had removed the link. That's what his email said, and that's what I said in my comments here. If he restored the link that doesn't change the fact that he sent me an email saying he removed it. I imagine you convinced him to restore the link. Keep spamming Slashdot and I'm sure he'll end up with a flood of emails questioning why he supports you. If he has to deal with that it's going to be your fault alone, and he'll know that.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
You are simply hilarious. You can't argue your way out of a wet paper bag, but you keep the same arguments going! You are persistent at least, even if you have no knowledge of computing.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
Again, work on your reading comprehension when replying to someone talking about how:
LIMITED MENTALLY DAMAGED GOOD ASSBURGERS BRAIN being only able to hold 1 of MANY variable factors in play @ a time
while totally missing half of what I talked about. But seriously...when are you going to give up your failed crusade? Local DNS with the same records is way faster than hosts in Windows. No matter how many times you try to change what I say, it doesn't change the fact that you have been schooled.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
You forgot the "...apk", genius.
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
I'm not going to forward anything to you. I filled out the form on it-mate.co.uk, and got this response from services@it-mate.co.uk (in part):
Cheers for the heads up. I'll have another word with him (I've also removed the referenced thread).
When I got that I checked the link, and it redirected to the forum login page. It sounds like you didn't ask him to put it back, so I'll go ahead and let him know that 1) it's still live and 2) you continue to press the issue.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
I'm not interested in forwarding anything to you just so that you can prove things for yourself, because I am emailing him from my personal account. I am not going to forward anything to you from my personal account, ever. I don't need you harassing me through email. I don't care if you believe that I am or am not emailing him, that is yet another thing that I am not interested in proving to you.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
I got the original email, and I also emailed him last week after you continued to spam and got a reply to that one as well. He asked me to continue forwarding your spam so that he can collate a record of it. So, by all means, keep on spamming Slashdot. There's a real easy way you can verify this, and it has nothing to do with me. So feel free to contact him yourself and ask him if I'm sending him links to your spam comments. See what he says. Also keep in mind that I don't believe anything you say, so if you decide that you want to post fake messages from him denying our communication, save your typing, I'm not going to believe it anyway. If he wants to contact me then he can email me. You've proven yourself to be a liar more than once, I have no reason to believe anything you say. I haven't proven anything one way or the other, but you have definitively proven that you are willing to lie to help advance your agenda. You did that when you denied ever having multiple accounts on any other forum (like Ars), and you continue to do it whenever you make another anonymous post here where you refer to yourself in the third person as if it is someone else posting. You have no idea how transparent that stuff is, it is blatantly obvious when I am reading a message from you regardless of whether or not you sign it. You don't know how obvious and transparent you look to everyone else. As a piece of evidence to support that, every single message I've seen from someone taking your side in an argument with either myself or Coren is posted anonymously, during the same time frame when you are posting, I have never once seen any established registered account post anything even remotely similar to the "third-party" posts that you make, taking your side in one of the stupid arguments that you like to continue. It's all you, everyone knows it, and you continue to deny it. That's a lie, you are clearly willing to lie to advance your agenda.
Like I said, I do not care if you believe me or not. What I care about is getting your spam off of Slashdot. Clearly you like it here because there is no way for you to get banned like you have from several other forums over the past 15 years, which is why you always and only post anonymously, so literally the only thing I can do is try to get the people that you cite to stop recommending or hosting your programs. It is literally the only thing I can do to try and lower your spam. You're obviously completely unwilling to simply stop spamming Slashdot, in fact you seem almost compelled to continue doing it, so that is literally the only option I have if I want to see you stop spamming. I've contacted Slashdot as well but I'm not expecting any response from them, I didn't seriously expect them to target the keywords you use in your spam and add those to a comment filter. It would be nice, but I didn't realistically expect anything from the current owners. The option I have left is to communicate with the people who recommend or host your software in order to inform them about how you choose to behave. And I have confidence that if you're given enough rope, you will gladly hang yourself with it.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
See subject: You failing to provide any proof of this is my proof of it.
Your proof is a lack of proof? Wow, Alex. That's some pretty ironclad reasoning right there. Way to go.
You can't even back your own alleged credentials
You are still unable to grasp the difference between "can't" and "won't" I see.
Mr. Burn's ONTO YOUR GAMES douchebag. He knows You're pitiful and full of shit.
He has indicated nothing of the sort in his correspondence with me. The communication has been very cordial.
I had 1 I used once to speak to John Carmack in 2005 & haven't used it since you LYING LITTLE MOTHERFUCKER...
Wow, did I strike a nerve there, Alex? Do you feel bad about being called out for the obvious and transparent troll that you are? You want to know how to resolve that? Stop spamming. It's that simple. Maybe find a hobby that doesn't involve saving a bunch of links to various posts and profiles that you constantly check to look for more opportunities to bloviate and rant.
You're SO FULL OF SHIT - you're a developer you say?
I sure am. Got a degree in computer science from a major university and a good job in the same industry.
PROVE IT LIAR!
Why? Because I care so much about what you think of me?
Arstechnica? I caught those stupid fuckers using two emails on 1 account (God & MWNH) AND EDITING MY POSTS (which they're not supposed to do) so don't tell ME how those little limited shitweasel WINDAG BLOWHARDS are you little fuck... ok??
Is that supposed to be some sort of proof or evidence that disproves the fact that you had multiple accounts on that site and denied it? I don't care how many accounts other people had, I don't care who edited what. The single obvious truth is that you masquerade around online using multiple accounts and then deny doing it. It's pathetic, you think you're clever and you're about as opaque and airtight as cheese cloth. It's even more pathetic that you create these alts just to support yourself.
I tore them apart outside of their private playpen blah blah Dr. Russinovich blah blah Jeremy Reimer blah blah Jay Little
Look at you, so desperate to try and prove that you're something special. That entire paragraph you wrote is non-sequitor, it has nothing to do with anything I said. You're just desperate to make people believe that you're clever or something. Like I already said though, I don't believe your claims. I already know for a fact you lie, I'm not going to take your word for anything. I guarantee that if I reached out to the people you cite their first response would be "Wait, he's still going on about that shit that happened years ago? He hasn't done anything since then?" and then they would tell me their side of the story, which would differ from yours. How about you, Alex? Where is your web site? A personal profile or blog? A site that hosts all of your own software in one place? I don't see anything like that from you, is that because your content got taken offline? There were obviously pictures of you online at one point, what happened to those? Did you decide to just crawl back into your hole and hide behind anonymous posts?
You can't prove your bullshit @ all on ANY level & you call ME A LIAR? Fuck you!
Now now, Alex. Calm down. You need to understand that the only reason that I call you a liar is because you are obviously a liar.
Here, you want to try to disprove the fact that you lie? Answer this question: do you make anonymous posts here on Slashdot while posing as a third-party to support the other posts you make?
Most of all you can't prove you got ANY EMAILS from Mr. Steven Burn of Malwarebytes
Yes I can. Here's how you can receive undeniab
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
Prove you're a programmer professionally (you can't).
Sure I can, I can identify myself and provide further proof through email or uploading a file to the company servers. I'm going to do neither though, because (as I've said repeatedly) I have no desire to identify myself to you, or really anyone else on Slashdot. That's why you don't see my full name in my user name.
Prove Mr. Burn sent you ANY email (you can't).
Sure I can, I can forward the emails that I've received from him, but I'm not going to do that because I'm not going to send you any email at all (see above). But you can prove it easily enough for yourself by sending an email to Steve and asking him. You aren't going to do that though, because (ironically enough) you probably don't want to spam him, and you also don't want proof that we're in contact because then all of your claims about me lying about it will be proven wrong.
I'll challenge you though, you can prove yourself right. It's very easy. Send an email to Steve and ask him if I have contacted him regarding your posts on Slashdot. Go ahead. You don't need to post his response here, just as long as you know the answer.
And, Alex, keep in mind. Between you and I, only one of us is a proven liar, and it's not me.
You seem to have overlooked this in my previous post, please answer this question:
Answer this question: do you make anonymous posts here on Slashdot while posing as a third-party to support the other posts you make?
I'll even refine that question further. Did you post comments 51006275 and 51007995? Here are their contents:
There's only 1 way to pull that off and he said it. You trolls just can't manage it. I think it's hilarious.
There's only 1 way to pull that off. Apk said it. You trolls can't manage it (validly proving apk technically wrong). It's hilarious.
You seriously think that posting things like that leads people to believe that this is actually someone other than you chiming in just to support your position? Talk about hilarious, that's it. You're clearly a liar, Alex. But, go ahead, maybe if you call me a bullshit artist or blowhard a few more times then you'll begin to believe that you aren't a hypocritical liar and blowhard yourself. I'm reminded of the far-right conservatives in the news who are the most vehement anti-guy spokespeople around, when it eventually comes out that they are having sex with gay prostitutes on the side. That reminds me of you, you're so quick to call everyone else a liar, bullshit artist, blowhard, etc, and I think I know the reason why you do that.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
APK, I asked you some direct questions twice now that you haven't answered. Please answer them.
By the way: I did email him
OK, so you know that I am emailing him, so you know that I'm not lying about that. Well done. See, I knew you could do it.
showing YOU & that other big talker started up your trolling CRAP with me here!
Oh, you mean that was me that forced you to post your spam 10 times in the same thread? My goodness, I had no idea that I literally forced you to do that. I suppose I also forced you to taunt people by saying that you will continue to post it as long as people mod it down. Man, maybe I had you all wrong, maybe you're not a spammer after all. Boy, don't I feel silly.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
Mr. Burn will see you starting shit here
And by "starting shit", you mean "trying to get you stop spamming Slashdot"? That's my 1 goal here. I've said that numerous times. Why do you insist on being a spammer?
I do know MY WARE'S STILL THERE
I have not asked him to remove your listing. I have also not emailed him since last week. I'm not making a concerted effort to have your software removed from his site, I am simply looking for your spam and reporting it to him when I see it. If you stop spamming, fine, we won't have any problems. Like I said, that is my goal.
you wonder WHY guys like me do well where you don't & never will?
APK, who in their right might aspires to be a spammer like you? Only a sociopath looks at your behavior and thinks "wow, that's what I want to do". You're right, I do not do well spamming, and I never will. You're exactly right about that. You're much better at spamming and trolling than I am, I admit it. What I do well at is making a 6-figure salary with my computer science degree, and I'm also pretty good at making and keeping a strong group of actual friends. I suppose that's how I live with myself. It's pretty easy when you're surrounded by people who genuinely care about you where the feeling is mutual.
I note that you still have not responded to my direct questions on whether or not you pose as people other than yourself here on Slashdot. The omission speaks volumes.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black
SINCE THEY POST ABOUT THEIR WARES/TOOLS THEY LIKE? SO CAN I
Yes, you can. You're more or less free to use this site as you like, and you take full advantage of that by always posting anonymously so that you can't be banned, etc. However, what you do that no one else does is post your giant wall of text upwards of 10 times in the same article as people down-mod it. Other people don't go around posting unwanted full page advertisements repeatedly, while taunting those who down-mod it. That is called spamming, and you're the only regular spammer here.
Call me ALL the names you like but ANYONE can see who is doing the trolling crap here & it's NOT me!
I don't call you names. I call you a spammer, because as a point of fact you are one. I call you a troll, because as a point of fact you are one. That's not name-calling, that's calling a spade a spade. The reason I refer you as a man-child is because you are a 50 year old with the emotional maturity of a 12 year old.
As for you, time permitting, I'm going to continue doing what I already told you I was going to do. As you continue spamming, so I will continue reporting your spam to the people whose reputations you use to promote your product. If they decide to take action based on those reports, so be it. If they don't, and they ask me to stop reporting it to them, then I'll stop. Otherwise, I'll continue to report it and I'll encourage others to do the same.
"Our two-party system is like a bowl of shit looking at itself in a mirror." - Lewis Black