On Tue, 25 May 2021 17:26:32 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> wrote:
>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?
I have a paid service. The troll will frog me but not using that
service. And since most people simply killfile by name...