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On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 09:39:32 -0500, The Anti-Troll <Nospam@nospam.com>
wrote:
>On 5 Mar 2005 23:58:04 -0800, insane_pile@yahoo.co.nz (Paul Eisner) wrote:
>
>>I'm an alien from outer space and I must tell you that your space
>>simulations are pathetic! Our space-simulations are much superiour !
>>
>>That proves that you humans are just hairless apes with no
>>intelligence and we have the right to conquer your planet and turn you
>>into sausages !
>
>Every month or so, using a fictitious name, this troll floods 5000
>newsgroups (all cross-posted to a single low-traffic but unrelated
>newsgroup) with superficially relevant comments. The purpose is to disrupt
>with off-topic crosspostings.
>
>Like all trolls, he means to annoy and disrupt. The tracking newsgroup is
>the way he "keeps score" of how much damage he has caused. Don't put
>yourself on display in his trophy case.
>
>If you feel you have to respond to one of his posts, please don't crosspost
>to his tracking newsgroup. In this case it is israel.amix.
>
>Like all trolls, the way to handle him is to IGNORE him.
>
>Take a few minutes of your time and check out the following score cards to
>see firsthand what this perverted troll is doing. I promise, you'll be
>amazed at just how active and perverted he is. You will see firsthand the
>troll's work and his trophies. You will see into the sickness and darkness
>of the worst troll on the internet today. Read some of his posts and look at
>the headers. You will see than no newsgroup is immune. You will see
>flamewars started, some containing over a hundred messages.
>
>Browse the can.uucp newsgroup, his old score card, for Karl-Hugo Weesberg
>
>Browse the is.matur newsgroup, his old score card, for Dan Simper.
>
>Browse the scot.tld newsgroup, his old score card, for Bruno Beam.
>
>Browse the israel.amix newsgroup, his current score card, for Paul Eisner.
>
>He is known as the "anagram troll" because his fictitious names are often
>discovered to be anagrams (for example "Dan Simper" is an anagram of
>"Spiderman", Bruno Beam is an anagram of "Unabomber").
>
>This guy is a serious troll with a serious problem. Don't be one of his
>trophies.
>
>Chances are that I don't subscribe to this newsgroup. I am simply monitoring
>the newsgroups the Anagram Troll is using as his score card. Any posts from
>me are a result of that monitoring. I normally only post to the newsgroup
>being spammed, not to the score card newsgroup, thus I will not see any
>replies directly to this post.
>
>Above all, please do not allow him to start a flamewar or extensive
>discussion in your newsgroup. He thrives on that. If it is too late, don't
>crosspost to his score card newsgroup. That trophy count is his motivation
>to continue trolling. Please help stop him in his tracks.
It appears Paul has a stalker. I like him already.
Lemming
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