I think that SneakyPete or HarpSEAL got suspicious and had some veteran certification outfit check him out, and he was unmasked.
He pennned some sentimental bye-bye opus in which he alleged he fabricated the service record in order to “spreak awareness” of something or other.
He never served in the US military.
I remember when FR was still so small that on an average day there would be like...30 threads or less —the ENTIRE day..!
EVERYONE knew one another.
I remember when Drudge was still getting like 100,000 hits per day.
FR grew. When that happened, there were weird waves of people bidding goodbye, “cuz now everything sucks here, and it’s not like before...”.
See, but then they’d keep coming BACK, saying goodbye MORE AND MORE —very annoying.
I remember, “BTTT”..! ;) Ah good times..!