On 5/25/2021 5:36 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> 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...
>
Most paid only offer 30 days free - might be worth a try to shift over.