> Hi, Chris.
>
>> Can you please post some appropriate statement once to each newsgroup.
>
> I considered it, but I also considered the following scenarios, which
> override the short-lived benefit of a single post in a separate thread for
> each newsgroup:
>
> 1.) Tom may want to change jobs in the future and apply to an employer who
> has never heard of him. The HR person Googles Tom's name and reads the
> trash that a troll wrote and signed with Tom's name. Will that HR person
> also read my "appropriate statement" posted separately in each newsgroup?
> No. The troll's words will be attributed to Tom, unless there's some sort
> of "Hey! That ain't Tom!" notification right next to the impersonation that
> would make the HR person question the validity of who wrote the trash.
>
> 2.) A researcher searches the archive on a topic and reads a thread where
> the troll wrote trash and signed Tom's name. Will that researcher also read
> my "appropriate statement" posted separately in each newsgroup? No.
> Reading the trash will unfairly taint every other post that the researcher
> reads that was really authored by Tom, unless there's an immediate alert in
> close proximity telling new readers whenever an imposter posts the trash.
>
>> There seems no need to post individually to each instance. There are 6
>> identical posts in this ng, and gawd-knows how many in other ng's. This
>> amounts, more or less, to spam.
>
> Since you feel that way, I've added your name to the list I won't post a
> notification for if an imposter ever impersonates you.
>
>> We all know, or most of us do, that Tom Wickerath MVP is very experienced
>> with
>> MS Access
>
> I don't think Tom is famous enough that most of the public at large would
> recognize his name, or know that he's an MVP, or know that he works with
> Microsoft Access, but that's not entirely Tom's fault. His PR firm isn't
> very good. If he had a better PR company, Tom's name would be a household
> name in no time, just like Camaro is.
>
>> I just say, one announcement (per week whilst it
>> lasts?) is sufficient.
>
> The people who are going to need to read that announcement (which are those
> who don't already know who Tom is, but read the trash first) will be very
> unlikely to ever find or read such an announcement, unless it coincides with
> the trash itself.
>
>> As it happens, I have received no such posts, in Outlook Express, as
>> mentioned
>> so they must be already filtered and it is not by any action on my part.
>
> Your news server has removed them. I assure you that the trash posts are on
> other news servers all over the world. They're also permanently archived on
> the Internet, which means they're retreivable by Internet search engines.
>
>> Are you worried about <the troll> impersonating Tom, or worried about what
>> he has to
>> say?
>
> The troll's impersonations can damage others' good reputations. I don't
> read the troll's posts, so I couldn't care less what he has to say, but he
> should be using his own name as his signature -- and using his own mouth to
> speak with.
>
>> If the former, then let him post under his own name?
>
> No one is twisting the troll's arm to prevent him from using his own name
> when he posts.
>
>> If the latter, then stuff you
>> (based on what I have read regurgitated at the bottom of Gunny's post,
>> <the troll>
>> is sometimes on the mark but with a dearth of usefull detail).
>
> Anyone can read the troll's original post in its entirety in the archives,
> despite my posts, so I'm not blocking him from being heard, just notifying
> everyone that the words were written by a troll, not Tom.
>
>> (Who the hell is <the troll>?
>
> It's a young kid who hates Microsoft, and anything associated with
> Microsoft, and any person associated with Microsoft's products, including
> MVP's. Ever work with a Microsoft product or write about a Microsoft
> product? Hates you, too.
>
>> In the ng's I visit, <the troll's> posts seem less
>> numerically intrusive than Gunny's about nothing more important than <the
>> troll>, or
>> Tom's undisputed reputation.
>
> The number of the troll's posts in the newsgroups far exceed mine, but he
> has used many different names to post under so you may not have noticed how
> many he's accumulated. It would probably be best if you add my name to your
> kill file, so that I don't intrude on the tranquility of the newsgroups.
> Don't add any of the troll's names to your kill file because you don't want
> to miss the profound wisdom this kid adds to newsgroup discussions.
>
>> Perhaps it's inherent for Marines to be paranoid?
>
> It's inherent for Marines to always be faithful ("Semper Fidelis"), to stand
> for honor and respect, and to protect honorable citizens from attacks. If
> you think I'll sit back and ignore a crime being committed against a good,
> honest, and decent friend of mine, you're mistaken.
>
>> Why would you feel need to defend Tom and not himself? He defends himself
>> and
>> Access brilliantly in the sometimes technical spats I've had with him.
>
> Funny you should ask that. When was the last time you saw Tom post in the
> newsgroups? He posted in the morning just before he left for work on the
> day the troll started his attack on Tom. It appears that the troll, who
> lives in very close proximity to Tom, is stalking Tom, because he knew
> exactly when to start his online attack, and he even posted Tom's address
> and phone number in the newsgroups quite a few times that day.
>
> Perhaps you would pass this off as paranoia if it happened to you, but if
> someone other than Ed McMahon and the American Family Publishing Sweepstakes
> is in your neighborhood and suddenly becomes especially interested in your
> name and your house and your phone number, then your friends and neighbors
> should probably take an active interest, because someone appears to be
> casing your house.
>
> Gunny
>
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