On 5/25/2021 5:03 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On Tue, 25 May 2021 16:45:29 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> > wrote:
>
>>> I'm the original Bruce.
>>
>> I had NO idea.
>>
>>> A troll took offense to my uplifting,
>>> constructive style of posting. So he started posting repetitive
>>> nonsense under my name, so that people would killfile that name, and
>>> therefore me. Each time I changed my name to become visible again, he
>>> changed his name too. So then I changed my name to that of a regular
>>> he Dave Smith. Thinking that people wouldn't killfile that name as
>>> quickly, because they'd also lose the regular, whose posts are
>>> riveting material. So the troll followed and is now posting his
>>> repetitive nonsense under the name Dave Smith.
>>
>> So we have a real Dave Smith and 2 forgeries?
>
> Yes. Since I don't really want to steal Dave's identity, I add a
> signature saying this is another Dave Smith. Of course, the troll
> copied that

Convenient of him or her...


>>> Of course there are more advanced ways of killfiling than just by
>>> name. But many people aren't very advanced.
>>
>> I resemble that I guess.
>>
>> Thanks for explaining it to me.
>
> Yw.
>
>> Any chance you can go back to your original name and maybe just make
>> something in it unique?
>>
>> Like add in a @ symbol or a tm.
>
> The troll would copy that.

I wonder what would not be copy-able?

Oh I know, get a pay service and use it - not much chance anyone would
spend real money to go frogging, right?