gordon the magnificent trolled the eschaton today. as he attempted to bait eschatonians with mixed success, a discussion raged about methods of comment authentication to combat name-stealing trolls. one of these trolls (gordon perhaps?) has engaged in persistent, frequent attacks on the eschaton and david neiwert's blog over the past several months. he delighted in stealing the name of an old regular at the eschaton, and a poster at first-draft -- tena. sometimes he'd steal a couple of names and write a fake conversation between them.
the regulars at the eschaton share pictures of their pets all the time. tena has a gorgeous orange tomcat. recently, the name-stealing troll posted a comment under her name telling everyone that the cat was dead. she got a flurry of emails from other commentors and readers offering condolences for her cat. when i read about this today, i burst out laughing. i'm still snickering over it. i love animals. i love my pets. but, there's still something incredibly funny about this.
it's official. i'm going straight to hell.
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