[Chad Fairbanks]

I've lost count of the FReepmails and posts I've gotten in the last six months, from FReepers I don't even know saying things like, "I'm related to the man/woman/child in this news article, and you have offended me blah blah blah... and why don't you stop commenting on this article out of respect for our feelings..." and I think I've just reached the point where I'm fed up with it...

[Conservative til I die]

I got called a bastard basically because I made a post on the other thread saying suicide is a self-centered and awful act. I didn't know apparently the posters' spouse was reading the post or is even a FR member.

I decided to just remove myself from that thread and instead post to this one, because frankly, no matter what you say to apologize there are certain folks that designate themselves the guardians of a thread or the forum that aren't going to accept it (as if they're the ones that should be apologized to, a sign more of their own arrogance than their caring, IMO).

[Devil_Anse]

I've lost count of the freepmails and posts I've gotten in the last six months, from FReepers I don't even know saying things like, "I'm related to the man/woman/child in this news article, and you have offended me blah blah blah..."

When you get one of those, try to ping or otherwise inform us if you think of it, okay? We have had the very same experience. As a result, Hellinahandcart is now keeping a ping list so we can attempt to keep track of this phenomenon. Personally, I think a lot of those "I'm related" or "I'm from the town mentioned in the article" posts are by the same person--someone who has multiple names on here. I'm keeping a list of the names used by this person, and so far I've got over 30 names on it. If you check out any of these names, you'll usually find that the name was only used for one thread. This weird disruptor changes names all the time.

His most consistent attribute is that he will claim to somehow be an insider to the news story that the thread is about. For this reason, we have taken to calling him "the obligatory insider".

Just a FEW of the names this spurious poster has used are:

bbaby091, nashvilleguy, hicksmokey, pris, afk, KevinsUncle, SweeTY2004, banglanta, katia, BeBeATLsFINEST, Tony08540, KKRN, Hagitay, gigi6, Furhouse, alwayshavesomethingtosay, sparkl, Stenson63, dasani,bothsidesnow, heathrnd... the list goes on and on. A lot of these names are not banned, but the disruptor seldom goes back and re-uses a name--just starts a new name for a new thread. Weird.