I am unfortunately aware of this. Most of the time I just shrug it off, really. But most times the commenters don't mention me specifically by name. ;)

Did you read the article? There are five links on the bottom to sources other than me. There are three or so links in the post itself leading to other stories I have written recently on the subject. Also, to note, my original head was "It's Time To Face The Reality For Mobile Wallets." It was changed by editorial team consensus so that more people would read it. I wouldn't call it a troll headline, but it does invoke some thought. Also, to note, The Platform is my opinion and analysis based column for ReadWrite. So yes, it is opinion, as stated in the header for the series on top of the article ("The Platform is a regular column by ReadWrite mobile editor Dan Rowinski and so forth). The column we are referencing was discussing a specific point of news (Square Wallet) and noting an empirical observation on the state of an industry segment that, really, has gone nowhere after years of hype. And yes, typing and spelling are quality attributes in a writer, I have always found. Also, I am not the one that submitted to Slashdot. I saw traffic coming in from our Chartbeat and decided to check it out. I lurk Slashdot like I lurk Hacker News, Reddit or Techmeme to see what people are saying and what is being read and discussed. I tend not to submit myself because I think that is a little self serving and the boards tend to frown on that practice. Doesn't mean I won't come in and say a good ole How Do You Do and respond to a commenter that is sure (in their own mind), that I will never see the attack on me.

I am the senior writer and mobile editor of ReadWrite and have been writing about mobile payments for years now. Thank you. And actually, I didn't add that link to the coffee shop, one of my editors must have put it in. What would you like to discuss, Mr. Mopps? I have discussed mobile payments solutions with just about every company that is in the game and many of the analysts firms that follow payments. The harsh reality of the mobile wallet is not something that I pulled out of thin air. My conclusion is based on evidence of consumer usage (both empirical and data driven), the performance of these apps, talking to merchants and other various field research and the actions of the companies for almost five years. Google Wallet? Isis? Square? LevelUp? All have issues affecting adoption ranging from merchant adoption to conflicting industry interests to consumer behavior, privacy and security. What do merchants want? Low interchange rates. What do consumers want? The ability to use a payment method wherever they go while deriving value from it. What do big tech and payment processors want? A slice of the pie and will cut the other company's hamstring to do it. Payments are hard ... for so many different reasons and every single hyped mobile wallet that has been released to the consumer market has, in one form or another, failed. Thank you.

Oh man, you OG'ed ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?...