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Re: Phile This Under Polanski

wolfsbayne — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:49:06 -0000

the point of this is a commentary about the liberal media and hollywood supporting polanski en masse. and with obama's refusal, at the time, to make a public statement condemning polanski's actions this could be construed as supporting polanski, or at the very least, showing sympathy for him.

Re: Phile This Under Polanski

jessicanorthey — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:45:42 -0000

I am also following you, not in a stalker way, just on Twitter LOL

Re: Phile This Under Polanski

wolfsbayne — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:37:17 -0000

heh. why thank you, ma'am!

Re: Chicken-Fried Bacon!

wolfsbayne — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:28:17 -0000

test

Re: Video: Ann Coulter on O’Reilly- Tiller wasn’t Murdered, He was Aborted

therightscoop — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:34:30 -0000

Nice.

Re: Video: Ann Coulter on O’Reilly- Tiller wasn’t Murdered, He was Aborted

wolfsbayne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:02:02 -0000

because a president committing treason isn't that important to you. [facepalm] #fail

Re: I have an exciting announcement

wolfsbayne — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:58:38 -0000

Excellent!

Re: Brooks Bayne - That's What He Said

wolfsbayne — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:14:32 -0000

who doesn't like hugs?!

Re: Brooks Bayne - That's What He Said

wolfsbayne — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:18:17 -0000

Only with regard the first half of the 1st Amendment: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;...". I believe it is very clear what Justice Story wrote.

Like I told you on Twitter, you should read the Justice's Commentaries. They should be required study in schools here in America.

Re: Brooks Bayne - That's What He Said

facebook-1395770420 — Sat, 23 May 2009 13:53:33 -0000

hehe! Will you tell me what axelrod is... a mini dachshund or Chihuahua or what??

Re: Video: American Muslims call for Jihad and Sharia on the streets of NYC

JEWHAWK — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:21:13 -0000

Eric Holder won't like that,my dear wolfsbayne.They could ARREST
you under the LUDICROUS accusation of "HATE CRIME",for having
the NERVE to defend your country and your freedom.Mr.Holder doesn't
want you confronting the muslims.

To do such a thing is NOT politically correct,because by embracing
your constitution,loving the Old Glory,saluting returning U.S.troops
from Iraq and Afghanistan could OFFEND the Muslim Community!!!!

Re: Video: American Muslims call for Jihad and Sharia on the streets of NYC

wolfsbayne — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:09:30 -0000

inciting jihad (holy war) against america on the streets of america is not free speech.

i would encourage any american to confront open and deliberate acts of war directly.

Re: Brooks Bayne - That's What He Said

wolfsbayne — Sun, 17 May 2009 23:16:07 -0000

and great to have as snacks

Re: Brooks Bayne - That's What He Said

wolfsbayne — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:48:22 -0000

his name is axelrod, btw.

Re: phodroid | brooksbayne

wolfsbayne — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:05:51 -0000

Brooks Bayne likes chocolate with bacon or chili.

Re: Forget outside investors. Here’s the secret of how I funded my company.

AndrewWarner — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:39:58 -0000

Nah, saving those in case I ever go bankrupt and need some cash to start over.

Thanks for the note buddy.

Re: Forget outside investors. Here’s the secret of how I funded my company.

wolfsbayne — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:16:52 -0000

as long as u weren't sending back ur used panties for cash, what's the problem?

Re: To 90,000 Twitter Followers in 30 Days

netZoo — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:08:38 -0000

Brooks, this definitely seems to be the case. What really pointed to bot scripting was the exponential increase in followers to "suggested" account in recent weeks. These accounts were gaining 5-10% increase in followers day over day.

And this is the problem -- Twitter needs to figure out a way to run maintenance more regularly and perhaps more aggressively, which may require a revision in their terms.

The onslaught of spam bots on twitter has always seemed inevitable. The greatest concern is what could happen when the bots release their venom. Can Twitter possibly get ahead of the Hacker curve?

Re: To 90,000 Twitter Followers in 30 Days

wolfsbayne — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:52:23 -0000

what keeps getting glossed over is the scripting that *is* occurring. with "services" like tweetergetter ppl are creating scores of bot accounts. this has been documented already in the comments of my blog.

why wouldn't the script include the "suggested users" feature as part of the bot account creation process? it seems like the easiest way for a scripted account to have some follows (for appearance sake, maybe).

hell, even ev said nefarious things *were* occurring.

Re: Gmail Down Tonight - #Fail

Hannes — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:47:43 -0000

this is childish. you call someone a bitch, don't explain whats behind it and give no reason to the silence.
like this, it's not mysterious, just empty talk.

Re: Gmail Down Tonight - #Fail

wolfsbayne — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:31:14 -0000

i could tell u but...

Re: The Newest Way To Game Twitter - Fake Followers

Bill H — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:14:18 -0000

Thanks for including that information. The big problem so far is that the number of people who don't think about the potential downsides of TweeterGetter massively outweighs the number that see the danger. A couple of people have already said that McCaffrey has effectively won - at least this round - and doesn't really care if his account now gets pulled.

Myself, I wonder if Twitter let the scheme run its course so they could see what happened - perhaps @Ev can fill us in here, if he's still monitoring this thread.

BTW, @SaltyDroid has pulled up some more good background stuff on these guys. It's all available on his blog (NSFW: language.)

Re: The Newest Way To Game Twitter - Fake Followers

wolfsbayne — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:02:26 -0000

yeah, I emailed @MikeFitzAU and he responded with some great information about tweetergetter.

Here's what he wrote, in part:

"I don’t have a whole lot of research data behind me but a brief history:

· TweeterGetter was launched about Feb 11.

· I was alerted to its presence on Feb 14.

· My investigation of its promoter, Gary McCaffrey, rang alarm bells.

· People were handing over their Twitter usernames and passwords to a known spammer.

· I asked Gary what he was doing with all the usernames and passwords.

· He replied saying he was only collecting usernames.

· Of course, he’s collecting ALL the usernames, not just those who Follow him. He’s not that interested in followers, except to prove the effectiveness of his scheme.

· Some people are running a mile from TweeterGetter, but many are signing-up.

· Those who sign up have pre-selected themselves as gullible. This list is a multi-level-marketer’s dream.

· Blog posts in favour of TweeterGetter were appearing.

· I left a few warning comments about password safety.

· I created my own blog post. http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/14/tweetergett...

· Some folks thanked me for the heads up.

· Other staunch TweeterGetter supporters attacked me vehemently. (eg @jacebarnett was remarkably ugly)

· Notably, @brucewagner suggested that what I was doing was slander.

· My investigation of Mr Wagner’s habits revealed the army of ReTweet-bots. http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/15/an-army-of-...

· He had 17 fake accounts which were fairly well crafted in that they had consistent photos, (generic) bios, links to (generally an organisation’s) website, even in some cases, colour schemes. Good enough to amass some followers of their own.

· The fake accounts did only two things: they reproduced items from a news feed (TechMeme, SkyNews, nytimes, msnbc, guardiantech etc) at a regular frequency and they RT’d @brucewagner every 2 hours.

· After collecting evidence and giving Mr Wagner enough rope to hang himself via a comment on my blog, his account was suspended on the 14th (15th here in Oz)

· Today, his account was reinstated, but he knows we are watching."

"Now putting 2 and 2 together with your observations, Mr Wagner’s technique may be more widespread. A massive increase in followers of news feeds starting Feb 11, could mean that Gary McCaffrey is also building his army of fake accounts ready to re-tweet his MLM spam."

Re: The Newest Way To Game Twitter - Fake Followers

guardian reader — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:15:33 -0000

you could have followed the link to the guardian website and found that they used @guardiantech. 60k in a month is a big rise, but as has been said above, the Guardian is a major national newspaper with thousands of online readers. twitter media coverage here is also pretty much at a fever pitch, and the number of UK users has risen massively since the beginning of the year.

glad that you 'feel confident'@guardiantech is real. the 40 or so writers paid to write for them on twitter will be relieved

Re: The Newest Way To Game Twitter - Fake Followers

Jack Schofield — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:00:28 -0000

> how long has @guardiantech been on twitter? a month?

Perhaps you could get someone to show you how to use Google? A very quick search would have found this post by Bobbie Johnson from 8 August 2007:

Follow Guardian Tech on Twitter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2007/...

It would have taken you just a few seconds to find that the @guardiantech Twitter address was validated on the Guardian's own site, and has existed for 18 months. And it would have saved you time if you'd done the research first rather than trying to explain it away later.

To be frank, what looks rather like ignorance and/or shoddy research on your part in respect of @guardiantech is threatening to undermine the good work you have done (and which we support) in highlighting the followers issue.

By the way, according to Compete.com, the Guardian's site pulls in around 3 million unique visitors FROM THE USA, which means quite a lot of Americans will find your apparent ignorance somewhat curious. The Guardian has more US online readers than a lot of American papers.