Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Rafael ] on Sunday 11 February 2007 12:00 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> __/ [ Robert Parsonage ] on Sunday 11 February 2007 10:12 \__
>>>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 09:36:44 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For the past two weeks (roughly), one troll has been going through
>>>>> about 1000 of my messages in Google Groups. He rated all of them 1
>>>>> out of 5. There's similar stuff going on in Digg.com.
>>>> Stop moaning Roy. You put yourself in this position. Live with it.
>>>> Just stick to Linux advocacy and ignore the attacks. I'm not the only
>>>> Linux advocate who appreciates your news posts.
>>>
>>> I wasn't moaning at all. In fact, it's rather flattering to know that
>>> people spend hours just trying to damage some meaningless numbers that are
>>> bound to a stranger's profile. I just wanted to clarify this, just in case
>>> people see my rates declining from 4/5 to 2/5 within a couple of weeks.
>>> Over at Digg, people said to me things like "I don't understand why people
>>> mod you dowm". In both cases, the ratings say nothing about who is voting,
>>> so it's open for abuse.
>>
>> I have noticed in Digg how a Linvocate will post something noteworthy,
>> very sound, well substantiated and receive in short order from others a
>> good score.
>>
>> Then some time passes, an apparent team comes by and downgrades it to
>> nothing. It just seems too coincidental.
>
> Several of my friends at Digg have jumped ship. They said Digg got infected
> with shills when it became infulential.
>
Microsoft pay a lot of money out to ensure that this happens. One
reason why Cola is so effective is that such an approach cannot be
effective - something to consider.
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