On Tue, 25 May 2021 18:12:21 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> wrote:
>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.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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