__/ [ William Poaster ] on Sunday 11 February 2007 13:55 \__
> On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:13:18 +0000, 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.
>
> IMO for the shills & trolls to be coming after you like this, Roy, you
> must *really* be getting under their skin! They have no response to the
> advance of GNU/linux, so all they can do is attack the messenger. Actually
> that *could* backfire on them, because some people might take an interest
> in what the fuss is about, which in turn could get them curious about
> GNU/linux.
>
> Excellent, keep up the good work. :-)
You know, being a little paranoid here, I'm beginning to wonder if PJ's
burnout ("health break") is a result of ongoing stomach illness that comes
from deliberate food poisoning. No, I'm not suggesting someone is putting
something in her food. I never said anything like this. No way.
--
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