Macunaima wrote:I wonder if Random is JJ. After all. We have a Russian spam bot that is now attracted to this site and there’s some proof that whoever is directing it also posts here.
Again, it is worth pointing out that the alt right considers gaming sites to be top priority, both for recruitment and for propaganda purposes. They also aren’t really that bright and may not be able to figure out just how useless Frothers is. Or one or another of them, like JJ, could be doing this as a matter of course, “for the cause” just because miniatures gaming is his thing.
We’ve seen our random poster adopt the same tactics as JJ and we’ve also seen him lie, like JJ. But it seems to me that, lately, his lies have a more in-your-face and Orwellian character than used to be the case. Could be JJ, now more anonymous than usual, is simply letting drop any pretense that he’s “not really” an alt right loon. Could be another guy entirely.
In any case, the spamming — both the random version and the more directed stuff we now see here — is designed to drown out whatever is left of discourse on Frothers.
Most people here consider this to be a junk site that will collapse at any time. Oddly enough, I don’t. I find Frother’s anarchism to be refreshing and I think the Froth Pot serves a purpose for being a place where one can discuss things that would be censored elsewhere. Right now, and for the past couple of years, that means TNP. However, TWW and LAF have also been discussed from time to time. The don’t get more spleen simply because their moderation is sane.
If you feel like me, then here are two suggestions:
1) Don’t feed the trolls. Or, if you must, try to do it only when you can make them look extremely stupid and do it in as few words as possible. One sentence would be ideal. And yes, I know that I am a big violator of this one, but I am trying to change that.
2) Use a recognizable voice and handle when you post. We all know who has been around here for awhile and most of us can suss out each others’ voices.
It would be great if someone with moderator access could actually clean out the random spam trollbot from time to time, but I doubt we will be seeing this. I know that whoever is cleaning up the rest of the site probably doesn’t give a monkey’s for the Froth Pot, but this sort of thing can be cancer. If it can be cleaned, I urge you to do it. You probably think that the people posting here are cunts and we probably are, but we are POLITE cunts. We keep this endless bitching to the Froth Pot, as requested, and we try to stay within Frothers minimal rules. The Random Troll/JJ simply wants to crash the site.
As for the rest, I suggest that we simply continue posting and ignore the trolls and spam. I have a sneaking suspicion that the worst of this will be over once the American midterms are over. We should also take it as a backhanded compliment that someone other than Bill apparently thinks that Frothers is a relatively big deal. Being that it is the only miniatures wargaming site that lets people talk back to fascists, I can guess why.
(Btw, it is not Bill doing this: he is too lazy. But seeing how all guests are either Bill or JJ....)
Or Frothers is a sloppy pile of shit. Depending which way your schizophrenia is leaning today.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45031&start=57970You deserve to be shot, you cunt. Sooner the better.
Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2018 2:30 pm