Journal MondoMor's Journal: My letter to CmdrTaco (the shithead). 17
Written in response to this steaming shitpile of a story. Insite? Insits? CmdrTaco, you're stunningly stupid.
CmdrTaco,
You always complain that when you make errors in story submissions that "no one emails you" about them.
Well here I am. You used the words "Insite" and "Insits" for this story:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/03/10/1931252&mode=thread&tid=141
Those words don't make any sense.
I know you're loathe to read the comments posted on your own site, and you expect your readers to do all of your fact-, dupe- and spell-checking for you, so here I am.
MondoMor
I'll update this JE when (if?) the pinhead replies.
Edit1: The Reply!
> I know you're loathe to read the comments posted on your own site, and
> you
> expect your readers to do all of your fact-, dupe- and spell-checking
> for you,
> so here I am.
>
Wow. So polite too.
Notice he spelled "too" correctly! Perhaps his wife is answering for him.
Here's my response:
Quoting Rob Malda :
> Wow. So polite too.I stated a fact, one that you implicitly admit every time you screw up and post
a dupe. You're "too busy" to check links, facts and spelling, apparently.
Isn't that what editors are supposed to do?
I'm sure he'll tire quickly and report me to my ISPs abuse dept.
Edit2: Another fast response!
> I stated a fact, one that you implicitly admit every time you screw up
> and post
> a dupe. You're "too busy" to check links, facts and spelling,
> apparently.
> Isn't that what editors are supposed to do?Ahhh... sarcasm. You are AWESOME at this!
> You're very responsive considering your constant complaints of 300+
> SPAMs a day.Over 200 already today.... 8 hours left
;)
Grand. My response:
Quoting Rob Malda :
> Ahhh... sarcasm. You are AWESOME at this!
>It's a question. You're an editor, so your job is to check your articles over before posting them, isn't it? Yet very few on your staff actually do this. If that's not your job, what exactly is? Your staff posts tens of articles daily. What are they so busy doing that they can't be bothered to do some simple editorial duties? This is the primary job of several of you, isn't it?
You've expressed frustration in the past that you weren't emailed regarding a duplicate posting, but if you'd read the comments attached to the article (some at the time were +2, so you can't say they were all lost in the noise). you'd have seen this fact right away. It's pretty reasonable to conclude that you don't actually read comments unless you've got a specific reason to (like your story announcing the new plum where you enlist paying subscribers to do your editing). Even then, you avoid questions you don't like, like the ones asking why you don't cache sites you're about to DDoS out of existance.
But I'm doing what you asked, emailing you about an editorial mistake, and you do nothing. The spelling errors are still there.
MondoMor
I await another one-sentence response.
Edit3: Didn't have to wait long!
> But I'm doing what you asked, emailing you about an editorial mistake,
> and you
> do nothing. The spelling errors are still there.But I'm so busy reading your insightful messages, that I just haven't
had time to care about a typo!
Emphasis mine. What a worthless piece of shit.
My response:
Quoting Rob Malda :
> > But I'm doing what you asked, emailing you about an editorial mistake,
> > and you
> > do nothing. The spelling errors are still there.
>
> But I'm so busy reading your insightful messages, that I just haven't
> had time to care about a typo!What an incredibly unhelpful attitude you have. Your ship is sinking, and you are flip with the people that read your site, and care enough to make an effort to improve it. No wonder no one bothers pointing out your mistakes via email any more. You respond with sarcasm and pointless comments... but at least with greatly improved spelling.
MondoMor
I won't make you suffer through any more. He's upgraded the article's lone use of "Insit" to "Insite", which at least makes it consistent with the headline.
Edit3: The title changes
He's changed the title so it makes a little more sense. It used to read "New Napster Insite", but now reads "New Legit Napster Service Coming", and removed "insite" from the article text.
Like fucking pulling teeth.
I also can't resist one more pair of messages.
The ship is sinking!?! Well, I guess if by "Sink" you mean "Grow" then
you are probably right;) if you're just going to be a sarcastic asshole, why do you bother
emailing me? I'm like being told about mistakes and will happily fix
them. But I don't need you to shit on me to do it.
To which I reply:
Quoting Rob Malda :
>
> The ship is sinking!?! Well, I guess if by "Sink" you mean "Grow" then
> you are probably right;) Your parent company isn't doing well. It can't be long before the creditors give up on the exercise.
>
> if you're just going to be a sarcastic asshole, why do you bother
> emailing me? I'm like being told about mistakes and will happily fix
> them. But I don't need you to shit on me to do it.But you don't "happily" fix them. You cop an attitute and get defensive. And you're just as guilty as I of sarcasm, so don't get all self-righteous. You also insult the intelligence of your readers with your biases, your new "plum" (putting paying readers to work for you), and by pretending your moderation system works other than to reinforce the biases of your staff. Michael in particular is a surly, abusive and insulting jerk. You tolerate him, indicating your consent to his behavior. If you think I'm an asshole, put yourself on the receiving end of a Michael Sims moderation abuse episode.
Proof of all this is all over Slashdot, in comments and journal entries, if you care enough to look.
People have made polite suggestions in comments for ages. Usually they're downmodded as "Flamebait". It seems the only way to get you to react at all to all the problems is to "shit on you" to do something about it.
You're reaping what you've sown.
MondoMor
Did he pull a "Michael"? (Score:2)
So much for "integrity" <g>.
I like the replies, though - I mean, the proper punctuation, capitalization, etc. It really shows he cares.
So if VA goes bankrupt, you gotta figure that this place will just get sold to someone who can figure out that there's $$$ to be made with the eyeballs. Someone like Nabisco (RJR), Coke, or Pepsi who aren't going to sell on-line product, but who wants exposure.
he started slashdot (Score:1, Flamebait)
what does "biting the hand that feeds you" mean to you?
your just an ungrateful asswipe
go start your own goddamn metablog, and leave slashdot forever if he pisses you off so much, otherwise, you don't have much credibility now do you?
Did you even read it? (Score:1)
A couple updates... (Score:3, Funny)
That would be a apostrophe, Jim. It gets dropped in immediately before the element of the word that turns it into a possessive, or after that element if the possessive is plural. Try I-S-P-'-s next time.
Your use of a comma here denotes an independent clause beginning with the conjunction "and", or a subordinate clause dangling from the subject of the independent clause immediately preceding. Since it doesn't make much sense for it to be an independent clause, it must derive meaning from its association with the subject of the preceding clause. Specifically, that makes the sentence translate as, "Your ship is sinking. You are flip with the people that read your site. You care enough to make an effort to improve it." (Yes, I realize italics aren't needed here, but they help to offset your putrid grammar from my own.)
Finally, I point out the flaw in your original message. CmdrTaco needs people to let him know when he has posted stories in which there are mistakes, but you went too far with the following:
Next time, drop the attitude and you might get a response that doesn't merit calling Rob a "shithead" in the journal he provides to you, free of charge. (And, to clarify, very few things, in my opinion, are justification for calling a fellow human being, "shithead." Genocide being one of the few.)JousterCongratulations! (Score:1)
Also, where'd you get "Jim" from? I've never used that name on this site, but the email correspondence I've had with CmdrTaco was from my personal email address... and my first name is James.
Perhaps you're even some anal alter ego that actually can spell and punctuate. Perhaps you're a buddy of Rob's and are coming to his rescue? Probably. I'm glad he shares his email correspondence with someone; everyone needs a shoulder to cry on.
You could do him a real favor and look over his articles in the future. You'd help him look like less of an incompetent boob.
Re:Congratulations! (Score:2)
Never went to a Liberal Arts school... I think. See my reply to your other message for details on that one.
I'm not a buddy of Rob's. And I would look over his articles in a heartbeat if he were to let me (and indeed, since I'm a subscriber, he does let me).
Thanks for the compliment. Er, I think it was a compliment... although you doubtless think little of the distinction of, "less of an incompetent boob than Rob," methinks it nonetheless represents a step up in your eyes, and thus a compliment.
Jouster
Poop. (Score:2, Insightful)
Not to worry. Instead of retyping I went over your posting history and found that you, Jouster, are the very model of the arrogant piece of shit CS student that louses up this Godforsaken site. Oh, no! Another cookie-cutter cynical know-it-all twentysomething brat disapproves of me!
I'm so very glad I made it to your Foes list.
Re:Poop. (Score:2)
...[I] went over your posting history... ...arrogant piece of shit CS student... ...student... .000 today. I took in one year of college, then left to help run the R&D department of a language-learning company [rosettastone.com]. ...this Godforsaken site. ...cookie-cutter[,] cynical[,] know-it-all... ...twentysomething... ...disapproves of me...
Any other thoughtless, vile remarks to throw my way? I rather liked that first set; I'm warmed up now. Whatcha got?Thanks! It means a lot to me when people bother to read my comments, which, needless to say, I find insightful beyond measure. If this is what people do when they hate me, I must arrange to have more people who hate me, so that my ideas spread a little bit faster with each entry on my "freaks" list.
I cannot resist the temptation to point out that that should be, "arrogant, piece-of-shit." At any rate, I know very few arrogant CS students. From where are you drawing this stereotype?
Sorry, buddy, batting
Any particular reason you stick around if it's so terrible? There are far-more-direct ways by which to increase Rob's bandwidth bill than using his site as intended.
I do know everything, I am cynical, but I do not consider myself cookie-cutter. Although your powers of perception are doubtless tuned to the point that you are able to discern my personality on the sole basis of my last twenty posts to Slashdot, please forgive me for entertaining my doubts.
And you were so close! Five more days, pal. The Ides of March.
I haven't the foggiest why you believe I disapprove of you. I don't know you, much as you don't know me; I can only approve or disapprove of your Slashdot persona, which I find sorely lacking in the sophistication department, among others. But, as I explained above, I lack the ability to discern a person's true self through posting history, so I leave notification for foes' journals on, just in case I see something that makes me change my mind.
Jouster
One-upped (Score:1)
Using your posting history as evidence, I can see that your trolling isn't very successful. I think it's because you're too close to the "MS BAD! LUNIX GOOD! RIGHT BAD! LEFT GOOD!" attitude of the rank-and-file. Try taking on an ultra-conservative approach; you need to run against the grain. Also, you spend too much time damning with faint praise. It's a tired method, especially here. It actually hurts to write this way, but I do it now because the tone will resonate with you.
I stick around because it's entertaining to waste the time and moderation points of people like yourself. It kills the few minutes I have here and there at work that aren't really useful for anything more "sophisticated".
Did you read any of my mail to Rob other than the initial one? I'm curious since you took the route of "Being-the-Grammar-Nazi-to-the-Grammar-Nazi", which isn't really indicated.
::Ahem:: (Score:2)
But Jesus Christ man, you spend WAY too much time writing these rants. It's not getting you anywhere...
And I'll admit, I spend way too much time reading and posting on this site. But I don't ever let it get me frustrated or bitter. That's when I stop procrastinating and do my homework.
^_^
Re:::Ahem:: (Score:1)
What is your job? (Score:1)
i had thought you were kidding (Score:2)
But now I'm starting to wonder if maybe you aren't just doing this for my (and others) entertainment. I'm starting to wonder if maybe you really are mad as hell about Slashdot.
In any case, it is still somewhat entertaining, though I'm feeling like I'm watching a scary clown and slowly beginning to wonder if the costume ever comes off.
Re:i had thought you were kidding (Score:1)
I'll be off this righteous indignation thing shortly. It does get wonderful reactions from slashbots, but I don't want to alienate anyone important.
Planning a wedding is a stressful thing, and verbally abusing CmdrTaco is a nice release.