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Re: "Microzealots" at Digg.com

Larry Qualig wrote:

> 
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Dawn of the Microzealots
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | We "Real" Diggers had heard about groups offering a "service" to get
>> | your Digg to the front page.
>> | Why not? It makes perfect sense!
>> |
>> | We know Microsoft has a fucking MINT of money, and they have a Massive
>> | 5 year investment in Vista, not mention all the DRM and proprietary
>> | dominance that it?s success would firmly put in place.
>> |
>> | The biggest threat is the truth about Vista getting out.
>> | I may not be able to find a smoking gun, or paper trail, but I know
>> | when some if "fixing" an otherwise democratic process.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.phueque.com/wordpress/2007/01/02/dawn-of-the-microzealots/
>>
>> naio21. Have a look at the profile.
>>
>> For months the guy has been systematically modding hundreds of my
>> comments because I occasionally criticise Microsoft. Then, all my
>> comments were modded down by this user, regardless of the nature of the
>> comments. He also personally attacked me, using vile language... many
>> times in fact.
>>
>> All in all, Digg is getting screwed up because there is astroturfing
>> going on. This isn't unprecedented.
> 
> The key phrase being - "I may not be able to find a smoking gun, or
> paper trail, but I know..." Blah, blah, blah. And there's black
> helicopters from Redmond circling your dorm room at night.
> 
> Perhaps you should let the strap on your tin-foil helmet out a notch or
> two. It seems to be on too tight and it's restricting the blood flow to
> your brain.

Really?  You got that impression?  Historically, Microsoft does have a
reputation problem:

>> http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/2005/11/2_grassroots_an.html

| As for the Munchkins, let's let John Dvork tell the story:
| Some years back, Microsoft practiced a lot of dirty tricks using online
| mavens to go into forums and create Web sites extolling the virtues of
| Windows over OS/2. They were dubbed the Microsoft Munchkins, and it was
| obvious who they were and what they were up to. But their numbers and
| energy (and they way they joined forces with nonaligned dummies who liked
| to pile on) proved too much for IBM marketers, and Windows won the
| operating-system war through fifth-column tactics.      

Nothing surprises me.

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HPT

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