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Have you ever been stalked on/onto fluther?

Asked by avvooooooo (8880points) August 13th, 2009

Just last night, there was an individual going by “Tbop” that was coming behind me on many questions that I was participating in, as well as my old questions, and posting who knows what personal attacks (due to fab moderation, those posted after 3am EST weren’t there for me to see this morning). The first one, which I saw and reported, was accusing me of various “atrocious” acts on another Q&A site (the name was an attempt to implicate another person from that same site) and making all kinds of false accusations. The rest made up most of my new activity, but were empty slots by the time I clicked. Everything, including the account, has been removed now, but if that individual was willing to create a whole new account just to harass me, there is little doubt that it will happen again. Has anything like this ever happened to you on this site?

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jrpowell's avatar

I just had a user from here (now banned) stalk me on my blog. But that was the only real problem I have had on here in over two years. And I manage to piss a lot of people off too.

The_Compassionate_Heretic's avatar

It’s happened elsewhere to me.
That sort of thing should never be allowed to happen.

avvooooooo's avatar

So this individual, who was accusing me of being “spenn” on Askville (absurd) wrote two messages to me that I found when I checked my e-mail.

“Tbop wrote to you:

Too late Spenn,i have informed most people on here and i have reported you also.
You wont do on here what you got banned for on AV.

LEAVE US ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

And:

“Tbop wrote to you:

YOU ARE ONE SICK INDIVIDUAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STAY AWAY!!!!! SPENN!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN RUMBLED”

As I suspect that this person really is the individual known as spenn, using a name that implicates another AV person… It only gets weirder.

avvooooooo's avatar

P.S. How do I know if I’ve been “rumbled?” Is it supposed to leave a mark or something?

Tink's avatar

I’ve noticed someone giving me lurve for almost everything I post. Like if they are just waiting for me to post so they can lurve me. O.o

samanthabarnum's avatar

@Tink1113 It’s not me, but I was so tempted to GA you for that. Just to be a dick.

Tink's avatar

@samanthabarnum If you say so… :)

jrpowell's avatar

Isn’t me tink. I just gave you a GA and your score went up.

drdoombot's avatar

I wish I could get some of that @Tink1113 lurve…

Tink's avatar

@johnpowell Its really you? Hehe I’m not joking, it really does happen.

marinelife's avatar

@Tink1113 I think it’s just because you’re great!

I have had a problem with a user doing to me exactly what you described, but I contacted Fluther, and it was taken care of right away.

Ben also told that I have the dubious honor of receiving the first piece of PM spam when I reported that.

The world is fillded with trolls. Shake it off and move on.

tedibear's avatar

avvooo, honey, it’s just because you’re so darn special!

here, have a cookie.

christine215's avatar

I’ve seen it happen on another site I belong to, though I’m glad it’s never happened to me!

jbfletcherfan's avatar

I’ve never been stalked. Is that good or bad? LOL

augustlan's avatar

[mod says] To all: Be sure that you report any abusive behavior. It will be looked into immediately, and dealt with if necessary.

Augustlan says: It hasn’t happened to me. Yet. ;-)

Bri_L's avatar

@augustlan -

I only stalk two things 1. corn and 2. consonants

Your out of luck on both accounts.

augustlan's avatar

@Bri_L What about the nacho cheese?!?

avvooooooo's avatar

@tedibear39 Cookie! Don’t mind if I do. Are they better than the ones I’ve been cooking for the past two days?

I’m impressed with the moderateration here, but I knida wish that I’d been able to see how absurd the comments got. People who are nuts like that give me the giggles. :)

avvooooooo's avatar

@jbfletcherfan You just don’t know that I’ve been stalking you. Becuase if I don’t keep tabs on you, I don’t know what you evil squirrels will do next!

Bri_L's avatar

@augustlan – I don’t stalk Nacho cheese, it seeks me out. It knows where it belongs and to whom.

jbfletcherfan's avatar

@avvooooooo If it’s YOU stalking me, I can handle that. Bring it on, Missy!!! ;-)

JoeCsekoBrainBuilder's avatar

I’ve often wondered how an individuals life can be so incomplete, and meaningless, that a person would spend even one moment tracking someone else down via the Internet. Granted, I have had numerous run-ins with people before, but none was so astute as to impact me so greatly that I could give them another thought.

Clearly, this person is damaged goods, and surely has some deep-seated issues. The expenditure of vital mental energy chasing someone through Cyberspace is the height of narcissistic, passive aggressive bumfriggery that an adult could participate in.

Take solice in one thing; this person’s motivation stems from an intellectual and academic superiority on the part of the stalked. This person feels beaten, outclassed, outloved, and sometimes helplessly dominated by people who could not possibly affect their life.

Such people are an unfortunate waste of good drinking water and clean air. Leave more for us, Stalker Dude!!!

avvooooooo's avatar

@jbfletcherfan Didn’t you wonder why you kept finding cookie crumbs outside your house?

@JoeCsekoBrainBuilder Yup, quite possibly. :)

jbfletcherfan's avatar

@avvooooooo Yeah, stop leaving those damn crumbs! I want whole cookies.

avvooooooo's avatar

@jbfletcherfan I eat the cookies while on stakeout! I need some sustenance! If I left you cookies, that’d be… I don’t know what it would be, but I’d have less cookies!

jbfletcherfan's avatar

I’ll bet Santa just loves you, too.

avvooooooo's avatar

Santa’s so jolly because he knows where all the bad girls live. Including the cookie hoarders! You evil squrlz hoard nuts, I hoard cookies! Do you leave your nuts out for Santa?

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

@drdoombot and @Tink1113 I have been lurving you two with abandon lately, just to drive you batty. Its not stalking, its lurving.

The last time I was stalked was on xanga, and it was by some fundamentalist Christian type that copied my name by changing one letter to a number in my xanga name and used some personal information (like my wife’s first name) on his page. He also went to my subbies and left his biblical verse drivel all over the place.

I kept after the xanga gods to do something about it, but eventually I had to abandon my Egregious_One name and use something new. I changed it to Zebra_Slut. The godbot finally gave up after he found out that too many people were onto his antics.

Tink's avatar

@evelyns_pet_zebra Woah! I thought you didn’t like me. Thanks.

evelyns_pet_zebra's avatar

@Tink1113 I had to overlook that you are a teenager, as I despise all teenagers on principle. So I just assume that you are 35 years old, and the rest comes easy! =)

avvooooooo's avatar

There is an individual, let’s call him “FG,” who was probably behind this mess. It reeks of much of his characteristic nastiness. :P

Just wanted to publicly post what makes perfect sense to many AV expatriates.

avvooooooo's avatar

Update: The member who most likely stalked me onto fluther has been removed from Askville for posting my real name.

avvooooooo's avatar

Ugh, Askville stalkers suck. Especially when they come in droves.

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