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At 06:15 PM 4/15/2001 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
> > > How do you deal with not only the real Detweilers, but with
> > > people using the kinds of pseudonym hacks that Detweiler was
> > > constantly ranting against, such as creating a bunch of
> > > pseudonyms that all give each other positive ratings and
> > > positive reviews of each others' articles, to create a bunch of
> > > reputation capital that's undeserved and can later be burned if
> > > needed.
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, James A. Donald wrote:
> > Detweiler repeatedly attempted that hack in several different
> > newsgroups and mailing lists, and repeatedly failed. Everyone
> > would come to the conclusion that he was a loon, and that anyone
> > who agreed with him was either a tentacle or a fellow loon.
At 10:02 PM 4/20/2001 +0300, Sampo Syreeni wrote:
> Hmm. I wouldn't care to advertise my ignorance (as Detweiler is
> certainly part of net.legend), what *was* the final outcome of that
> ordeal?
Detweiller would disappear for a while, then come back, and do much the
same things in some other forums, with much the same consequences. People
would always wake up to him, and persecute him so bitterly that he would go
mad.
It generally worked well enough to cause some harm, but not well enough to
acheive anything he was trying to achieve. It always ended with lots of
people hating him, seeking to cause him harm, and him becoming very upset
over all this hatred and persecution.
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