schestowitz twitter: just noticed this one: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.l… The thread has been hijacked by nothing but trolls. Watch how they attack the messenger (you) by saying something about comment ratings (which they typically game… they do the same thing in Digg).

You might want to check the following link I discovered while reading slashdot earlier:

http://slashdot.org/~willyhill/journal/205317

It’s your friend twitter who is trying to game the moderation system on Slashdot by creating at least 10 known accounts. More than likely, he gets modded down because people have figured out his game and don’t approve.

A quick google search also turns up this link to your irc channel logs:

twitter Slashdot’s firehose is gamed. Aug 10 22:50

kentma twitter: I really didn’t understand that phrase – what is “gamed”?

twitter I mean people who want to manipulate it have signed up enough accounts to fake popular interest.

That log is from http://boycottnovell.com/2008/08/11/irc-log-10082008/

Then there’s also:

witter They also identify my accounts on the first few posts. They got my GNUChop today and replied to it by cut and pasting a brlug comment.

where twitter admits to having multiple accounts.

Isn’t this all a bit hypocritical? Accuse people who disagree with you of gaming the Slashdot moderation system and here you guys are the ones who are actually guilty of it.