I don't mind moonbats like s9 being so annoying, but why do they have to be so boring??

I'm warning you, Jay Tea, if you can't start attacting a more entertaining strain of moonbat, I'm going to have to start taking my limited blog-viewing time elsewhere.

I will give s9 credit for one thing, he is a great speller!!

Kobe, he started out as an OK troll, but apparently couldn't sustain it. Unfortunately for him, two of my "hot buttons" are plagiarism and copyright infringement.

By getting rid of him, I think I did improve the level of the average troll around here -- he was "blowing the curve." But for a true improvement, I think I'll have to lure in some new blood -- and I'm juggling a couple of ideas to do that right now.

J.

Seems you got caught sticking articles on your blog under another name to up your hits from Google News.

Someone caught on, so you said that you've cut the 'real' offender off from additional posting.

Sure looks that way..

Regards,
The Google Team

Are you sure this isn't an early start on an April Fool's joke?

I've always said that the blogging community is not reality based, but opinion based. While some of the opinions that have been deleted sometimes are interesting, rarely do they belong to the folks who actually post them. It's not real tough to copy&paste 1000+ words per minute.

I think that it gets boring when the person commenting clearly appears to be just another suggestible dumbass.

Isn't JmaR/Dan our old buddy Joser?

Now- you would think someone who claims to be from google would at least pretend to know how it worked.

Yeah, I know he was not serious but the geek in me must point out that his theory, while entertaining, was technologically flawed.

And Jay, how come I've never banned anyone and you've banned about a half dozen but I get the grief about deleting people I disagree with?

go figure

Hmmm, wondering how much tequila it would take for me to ramrod through that line of annoyance and deserve the ever-dreaded ban?

Nah, I won't push it. In fact, I probably agree with Jay Tea and his followers much more than they would care to know; that's why I only pop up on certain posts. Anyway, who cares? I'm being the drunk narcissist tonight--back to your usual lurker soon.

BUT I STILL CAN'T COPE WITH THE WAGON AS A CHICK MAGNET!!!

When banned, is a troll allowed to return to his usual place under the bridge, or are they exiled? Just curious.

I'm sorry but did Google accuse J of plagiarism in their post?

Have you ever heard of Google bombing Google News, also called "flooding"? CNSNews, the same organization that reported the latest Dean gaffe, has been accused of it at least once.

If the allegations above aren't some kind of satirical diversion by someone (who knows, right?), it's pretty serious. Having one's posts syndicated on Google News is a responsibility.

But that comment is not accusing JayTea of plagiarism.

I should clarify that the accusation made in that Nashua Advocate post is likely not the same thing that the The Google Team is referring to.

So I guess my next question is (I must be dim) just what are you accusing J of Google Team? Get it out into the open, lets deal with it.

Don't feel bad, JEW. I have no idea what any of them are talking about either.

Thanks fatman, I was beginning to feel very lonely out here. It may seem cute to make an accusation, tongue in cheek, but it doesn't help win converts when others don't understand you.

Think I'll go to bed and read.

Aha, another case of me and bullwinkle seeing through to the truth and pretty early on: I knew JmaR was a few other I.D.s here based upon what he/she leaked about them/her/himself.

Hint to trolls: if you start writing under yet antoher I.D. and then refer to what's been previously written by your other I.D.'s, it's a pretty good best guess that you're trolling under multiple I.D.s and even easier yet to know which I.D.s to connect just by remembering various tantrums on earlier threads.

JEW, fatman, who cares what they're talking about. Google never comments on anything they do so if/when you read someone writing AS "The Google Team" --regardless of what they say, don't say, might say-- it's obvious nonsense. Google wouldn't visit someone's blog with comments about their news content and ratings system in the search process, no more than there's an actual "Google Team." Ha, I can see it now, Silicon Valley and three people slowly exiting the Google building after working for ten years straight without so much as shower, sleep or a drive home and back, announcing that they, "the Google Team," have answered all.that.mail. Finally.

Ridiculous.

But, Jay Tea, if the idea is to attract more trolls, just solicit two more threads from Paul about oozers and MACs. Or in combination of those two, even better: oozing MACs, MACs for oozers, MACs that only oozers can't use, whatever.

-S- said:

Google never comments on anything they do so if/when you read someone writing AS "The Google Team" --regardless of what they say, don't say, might say-- it's obvious nonsense. Google wouldn't visit someone's blog with comments about their news content and ratings system in the search process, no more than there's an actual "Google Team."

I suppose you're not a regular reader of Michelle and Jesse Malkin's blog:

On a somewhat related note, I received the following e-mail from Google News recently that might be of interest to other bloggers wondering what the criteria are for inclusion as Google News sources....

The emails that are presented do resemble the above post.

Darn. Blockquote tags don't work here. Only the 2nd and 4th paragraphs are mine.

Perhaps Jay Tea has his wish! Helllooooo, Ryan!

Ryan, you go right on ahead and write to "the Google Team" all you want and just wait for them to show up on your, um, "blog." Let us know the outcome, when/if it occurs.

Better yet, write to Google and ask them what their policies are as to responding to inquiries/comments about their search process.

A tad resentful about Michelle Malin, are ya'?

Malkin.

Resentful? Nah. I wouldn't want her audience. (And it's not just Michelle. Click here.)

I just think your speculation that this must necessarily be the work of humorless trolls. If "The Google Team" meant to make this matter public, then it is likely that JayTea (a)received an email concerning the matter and (b) could show us all the IP address of the commenter to prove that it was a humorless troll.

Is he obligated to do this? Should he be pressured into it? Absolutely not! I'm just making the point that there is not enough evidence available to you or me to make a conclusion.

"how come I've never banned anyone"

Paul --

You mean "permanently banned anyone" right? Or do those temporary bannings "to get someone's attention" not count?

Sorry couldn't resist.

And BTW where was that ebonics follow up?

Suzy was right about the Google Team. She wasn't arguing that they don't exist, just that they wouldn't leave a comment on a blog as a means of notification.

Since I've had past correspondence with the Google News team (correcting the location of the listing), they know how to get a hold of me directly.

KobeClan writes: I don't mind moonbats like s9 being so annoying, but why do they have to be so boring??

You ever hear the one about the scorpion and the turtle? It's like that.

We moonbats are intrinsically boring people. Not like you wingnuts— no, not at all. We have nice boring families, live in nice boring neighborhoods, work at nice boring jobs, go to nice boring churches, tell nice boring jokes, and generally approach politics with all the seriousness that God's creation deserves.

frameone: another liberal who can't keep his/her/its word. (Though I should talk; I once swore I'd never write another comment responding to something he/she/it posted. Oh well...)

Further to the point, I sincerely doubt someone from Google News would post from a Rogers Cable Modem in Canada.

J.

Gosh, do you see that sheepish, naive, I've been had look? By the Google Team that is. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice.... : (

Interesting set of links there, s9.You spend all night loking them up? (BTW, the "jobs" link isn't working)

Further to the point, I sincerely doubt someone from Google News would post from a Rogers Cable Modem in Canada.

Hehe.

a-a wrote:
Looking for a new troll? Well, i got just what you need, baby. I'll give him a call.

Cedargeuse, Cedargeuse, Cedargeuse!

SHUT UP! He doesn't need TWO blogs to fill up with his Buchananesque paleotroll tripe!

KobeClan wrote:
I don't mind moonbats like s9 being so annoying, but why do they have to be so boring??

s9 isn't boring, he's got lots of great stories to tell, like how his dad is a Time Cop and his mom is a supermodel CIA agent who rescues UFO abductees. And that uncle of his who worked on MKULTRA - s9 could go on forever about him.

pathetic s9, simply pathetic.

s9,

That must be why liberals have time for things like this. (warning - NSFW)

Sue Dohnim writes: s9 could go on forever about him

Actually, I was quite content to let it drop last week, but you're apparently not done pissing on the heroic sacrifices of American veterans yet.

(For the record, I make none of the claims that Sue Dohnim ascribes to me. I did not identify which close relative of mine I was talking about, and a cursory reading of what I disclosed would show that I couldn't have been talking about MKULTRA, because the dates don't match up.)

(I note that Sue Dohnim seems to enjoy posting personal attacks against other commenters, and this is a privilege that critics of the editorial staff are not offered. Were it otherwise, believe me— I would return in kind.)

Go ahead, Sue. Keep hiding behind Jay Tea's skirts. I won't fire back. He might ban me.

Tell ya what, s9: cite what you consider the three most egregious examples of Sue's behavior, and I'll look into it.

Be aware, though, my standards are incredibly high: the three examples of people I've banned that come to mind are: 1) reposting over a dozen copyrighted pieces into the comments, often without attribution; 2) posting under MY name, putting defamatory words in MY mouth; and 3) A borderline-psychotic obsessed stalker of another prominent blogger attempting to hijack every thread into bashing the object of his sick fixation.

I really, really hate banning people. I only do it as a last resort. I much prefer smacking them around in the comments.

Or, as McGehee once said, "don't play with their heads. Unless they bounce real good."

J.