Did you realise that there's a ghost version of you asking questions on Mahalo Answers?
http://blog.fluther.com/blog/2009/06/01/an-open-letter-to-jason-calacanis/
I find it bizarre that Mahalo Answers create ghost accounts on their website for questions they detect on Twitter. It essentially steals your Twitter username and your question, to create a Mahalo account in your image, asking the same thing you did. They do this without asking or attributing you.
Unfortunately for Fluther, their Twitter account has a habit of asking questions, so it’s a bit of a target. Which means that inadvertently and without our knowledge, some of our questions are ending up on Mahalo, without any attribution whatsoever.
How do you feel about this?
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lol pretty cool actually.
Fluther questions are for Flutherers only I don’t like it but it does sound cool
I think it’s outrageous and VERY Jason Calacanis -like. My questions are directed at a community I know and trust, and not intended for someone else to pad their venue.
Mahalo just disappeared from my bookmarks bar.
Go get them, I’ll show up in court…
So do you think this question will end up over there?
I don’t know anything about them (well, now I do), but I don’t want what I post here to go anywhere but here.
I’ll chime in to say I don’t like the idea but I’m not surprised either anymore. On a site I used to belong to, there were users who would copy questions from fluther and other sites to use as their own and they also weren’t above taking other people’s usernames or avatars. What protections if any does Twitter extend to it’s users?
He needs to do the same to Askville, so that the Amazon.com lawyers can stomp him flat. It would be one thing if he linked back to the original Fluther question, but evidently any identifying information is being stripped off.
Bad, Jason! Bad, bad Jason! Go to your room.
doesnt really seem that bad to me….
I mean, I’m flattered we’re held in such high regard…
I found that Yahoo! Answers were somehow being distributed to other sites when I Googled my username. I guess the same thing is happening in this scenario. I’d prefer it didn’t work that way, because it suggests that I have accounts on all these different sites.
As I stated before on your blog posting I am more than willing to do whatever you all like to make things as surreal and uncomfortable as possible for the aforementioned assholes.
Let me at ‘em.
I don’t want my questions distributed on other sites! That’s bullshit! If I didn’t sign up over there, then they’ve no right to use anything I put here! This is a private site. And Twitter is a private site, too! What’s wrong with them? :P
That’s just craziness. I want what I say to stay here, unless I post it, otherwise. BLAH!
I say we go storm the headquarters!!! Who’s with me?!!
Lurve to the posse members.
Ok guys… i’ve got the car battery and the testicle clamps! Gasoline and matches…
Count me in as well. I have pitchforks.
@loser join the posse
Regulators.
we regulate any stealin’ off this property…we’re damn good, too.
but you can’t be any geek off the street.
gotta be handy with the steel, if you know what i mean.
earn your keep.
REGULATORS ...mount up!
i don’t like the idea that they are ghosting our questions. BIG JERKS! WTF anyways…I’ll show up in court too!
@epony… I’m so in!
@petethepothead You really have pitchforks? Can I use one? I say we burn torches too!!!
Angry mobs are no better than the folks they are lynching. We have to be trolls with brains when we attack.
Sample Question for Mahalo(since they need them so bad):“Is it wrong to let your dogs lick your balls while you masturbate?
See, I spelled masturbate right.
You can borrow six of my heaviest dictionaries and word ‘em to deff.
lurve blondesjon! I love you oops did i say that out loud?
Disgusting behaviour. Somewhat of a surprise coming from Jason Calacanis. It seems their clone fluther account is banned, so maybe this will be remedied properly instead of that first email he sent.
I’m new to this situation. I feel like I missed an important detail.
What’s the history here between Fluther and this Jason person?
@Tink1113 yeah, I know and what Jeruba said “we can lurve him anyway…”
My man is awesome, I know! That’s why I lurve love him so much.
@jonsblond . . .i love you too baby. fuck all this drama let’s go do that thing we saw on the discovery channel
I mean teens your one too don’t act :)
When did they start showing dirty shit on the Discovery channel?
@jonsblond. . . Nevermind baby, we’ll migrate some other time.
i’m just waiting for Blondesjon…..oh crap…why always too late!
yeah! You’re lucky she still lurves loves you anyway
@Dr_C I’m kind of concerned about your possession of testicle clamps. I don’t have ‘em (testicles), but yeeeeeeeeeeeouch!
[mod thinks this question got WAY off topic] Hint hint.
@Allie – should we leave before we get deleted? @psyla got me paranoid yesterday
@Tink1113 There won’t be any deleting. I see no reason for that anyway, but… back on topic, Jellies!
anyway…yeah! I think he should be deleted from the Internet company! We, flutherites, well make damn sure he will never return! ;)
Dont like this one bit. Is there any legal recourse Bendrew can pursue?
otherwise, who can I injure?
Straighten up, guys. Allie wants us to go back to making war, not love.
Damn, it’s hard to be serious for long.
cprevite + taosan = almost 500 pound angry jelly!
Let’s go dude, I’ll bring ninja masks….
(sigh) No one listens to me. =[
@Allie, we did! We quit blowing kisses at Blondesjon and resumed sharpening pitchforks.
cool cyndihugs is in too W00t!
(don’t listen to Allie)
@cak the testicle clamps were originally purchased as part of a set of torture devices that were to be implemented by the original group of Camp Fire regulators during what some might call “The Troll Wars” a few months ago. I just hung on to them because.. you never know when you might need testicle clamps…. or to burn something :)
Regulators…..
@Dr_C Ride on, Regulators. ;)
So- just in case this is not easily resolved using pitchforks, testical clamps and mounds or red ants and honey why can’t we simply take the question mark off the end of the twitter feed?
Dog
Wow! LOL
WOW!!!!!
W.O.W!!!!!
brilliant, lol
@Dog To avoid having our clothes stolen, we shouldn’t wear any clothes. :D
@richardhenry
Again with the whole naked thing? LOVE IT! Are we going to pillow fight?
@cyndihugs I’m subtly hinting. Eventually everyone will be naked and wonder how it happened.
he he he he
@richardhenry I do realize it is a simplistic idea that really would not thwart anyone nor would it actually work. I just could not resist tossing the idea out there.
@TaoSan Do I have to slap you?- You know I will!
hey everyone….we’re getting naked again :)))
This thread is bound to get kinky. I give up. Go nakie and romp freely, you hooligans.
Most uncool. I have swords. And an axe.
Depends… what have you been eating? ;)
@augustlan
Broccoli, beans, and eggs….oh and meat! Does it help?
@Dog
Yeah, I was hoping to get dog slapped :-P
Seriously tho, sometimes the solution is so easy lol. And since we’re all getting nekkid….
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