http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#e41e645f-bef9-4336-a0c7-9bdaa9d943c6 "I hear they are going to start counting alts for the 2010 census. " Great. Maybe if they double count them, tribe.net can almost qualify for its own zip code. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:37:20 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#e41e645f-bef9-4336-a0c7-9bdaa9d943c6 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-17T05:37:20Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#376daf89-e2d2-4b90-b8a0-60e34023e57b Gay men, women, anyone else you want to add to your hate list? What's new? Learn to write. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:35:57 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#376daf89-e2d2-4b90-b8a0-60e34023e57b $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-17T05:35:57Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#50be8a1b-b891-46da-ae71-9d74b73b22ce "I hear they are going to start counting alts for the 2010 census. " Only if they are democrats and claim islam as their religion. --S Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:24:20 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#50be8a1b-b891-46da-ae71-9d74b73b22ce Shatter 2009-06-17T05:24:20Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#2ace4910-344b-46c3-a6c6-e766ef6d7089 another gay man impersonating a women. what's new? Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:18:58 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#2ace4910-344b-46c3-a6c6-e766ef6d7089 Thought Leader 2009-06-17T05:18:58Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#6e79c665-fec9-4db1-afdf-ef4d330d0442 Another gay man who hates women. What's new? Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:05:20 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#6e79c665-fec9-4db1-afdf-ef4d330d0442 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-17T05:05:20Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#3482812f-86a6-4d52-b9c6-aa1e74d3b2a4 >> Gay men have it so rough. They get hemorrhoids from all that ass pounding. << you must have an active sex life. considering the quality of your posts. someone must have really fucked your brains out. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:54:06 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#3482812f-86a6-4d52-b9c6-aa1e74d3b2a4 Thought Leader 2009-06-17T04:54:06Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#6de85a1f-356f-4dfe-a47a-cd85cd95321b Speaking from personal experience? Weren't you like his butt buddy at one time? Gay men have it so rough. They get hemorrhoids from all that ass pounding. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:44:19 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#6de85a1f-356f-4dfe-a47a-cd85cd95321b $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-17T04:44:19Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#8d79b3c7-b0d0-463d-a28f-629480a0c466 >> I heard he used to work for Tribe.net at one point. << I hear they are going to start counting alts for the 2010 census. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:57:01 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#8d79b3c7-b0d0-463d-a28f-629480a0c466 Thought Leader 2009-06-17T03:57:01Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#a0d77ac2-e99b-4fda-84d4-be25c4642af0 I heard he used to work for Tribe.net at one point. Nothing like a disgruntled former employee I guess. --S Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:50:25 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#a0d77ac2-e99b-4fda-84d4-be25c4642af0 Shatter 2009-06-17T03:50:25Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#f5d842fe-5ad0-4bcc-89a7-49b493d8d834 biggest problem? not so much. he's more like having hemorrhoid flare-up right before a twelve hour international flight kind of problem. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:27:54 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#f5d842fe-5ad0-4bcc-89a7-49b493d8d834 Thought Leader 2009-06-17T03:27:54Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#955c0f13-b358-4791-813b-fbf4de4e0fdf One of SOT's alts was directly responsible. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:27:41 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#955c0f13-b358-4791-813b-fbf4de4e0fdf $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-17T03:27:41Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#e69de21b-898e-48e7-8cda-5479b0a28d08 SOT is the single largest problem for tribe.net. Not the only problem but the biggest of many. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:19:28 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#e69de21b-898e-48e7-8cda-5479b0a28d08 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-17T03:19:28Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#85dd05b5-5221-42d3-8a0e-50c1e5f6f9a6 Son, you'll never find a job the way you are going about it. I hear Shatter is looking for a boy to tote his gear to the gigs. You seem tad bit too small for manual labor. Have you tried sacking groceries? Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:39:50 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#85dd05b5-5221-42d3-8a0e-50c1e5f6f9a6 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-16T05:39:50Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#1910b4a1-fef6-40b7-8ccc-0437df9d892f "wasted countless hours flooding tribes" Hasn't stopped you yet. --S Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:46:28 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#1910b4a1-fef6-40b7-8ccc-0437df9d892f Shatter 2009-06-13T06:46:28Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#bc0515c5-6a3b-43f2-b7dd-09182794cbd8 >> Finally I find something on tribe that makes it worthwhile to be here. << so, you're saying you wasted countless hours flooding tribes with monotonous bullshit over the last four years on a social network that you don't find worthwhile. pretty crazy man. pretty crazy. Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:09:08 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#bc0515c5-6a3b-43f2-b7dd-09182794cbd8 Thought Leader 2009-06-13T04:09:08Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#a9b23bad-1669-4202-afe8-cc3f6b29deb3 I gotta agree. Love the Fiesta Dress and Earth Sky Dance 1. I rarely like landscapes but that is truly magnificent. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:54:54 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#a9b23bad-1669-4202-afe8-cc3f6b29deb3 Xiomara 2009-06-12T20:54:54Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#79ad826b-1b89-4b9c-ac85-9585d25a3284 Uh oh. Now I'm going to feel guilty for the off-topic THANKS for the compliments. Hope I won't be tarred and feathered. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:36:30 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#79ad826b-1b89-4b9c-ac85-9585d25a3284 Watchdog 2009-06-12T20:36:30Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#027b044e-9d69-4683-821d-7a7efdeb6bf9 As soon as that big retainer check comes in, I'm placing an order. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:04 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#027b044e-9d69-4683-821d-7a7efdeb6bf9 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-12T04:00:04Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#bc4c4307-5dc3-4b4a-a2b5-177fadde5229 'Fiesta Dress' .....beauty. Lovely concept. : ) Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:57:02 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#bc4c4307-5dc3-4b4a-a2b5-177fadde5229 : Denisey, Phantom of Delight 2009-06-12T03:57:02Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#e773077b-3ddb-4075-9c45-8f5c352a15ef The man has talent. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:41:11 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#e773077b-3ddb-4075-9c45-8f5c352a15ef $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-12T03:41:11Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#1e812b22-389d-49a7-b7a4-18c3c771a1bf HEY "Homage" is great, definitely! Friend me Watchdog, even if just for the sheer quasi-irony of it, which you probably don't get, but hey! You're lucky that way! Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:28:05 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#1e812b22-389d-49a7-b7a4-18c3c771a1bf Lokifreign 2009-06-12T03:28:05Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#0e566df5-e58f-439f-8f13-9d0045357f9c Seriously, folks, you should check out his artwork. Finally I find something on tribe that makes it worthwhile to be here. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:09:33 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#0e566df5-e58f-439f-8f13-9d0045357f9c $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-12T03:09:33Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#4951df6b-c8ce-4b24-ae73-530febeacede Say, that is some awesome artwork you do there, Watchdog. That has nothing to do with this tribe either, but what the heck, I'll say it. Very nice. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:11:57 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#4951df6b-c8ce-4b24-ae73-530febeacede $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-11T22:11:57Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#7eb1a059-2f73-4ead-834d-40055ee58ef0 How dare you! Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:07:07 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#7eb1a059-2f73-4ead-834d-40055ee58ef0 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-11T22:07:07Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#ceaa21ed-f037-4b88-9c20-2cd719cbfc3e Remind me why this should be in the brainstorm tribe. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:52:36 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#ceaa21ed-f037-4b88-9c20-2cd719cbfc3e Watchdog 2009-06-11T21:52:36Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#aae882cf-cfb7-4098-82c3-18d438e64b30 Shatter, don't you think his stale jokes may be part of the reason he keeps flubbing his job interviews? But that's good. The longer he stays chronically unemployed, the longer he can devote his life to maintaining his lengthy blogs and tribes that have the singular purpose of obsessing over me. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:13:53 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#aae882cf-cfb7-4098-82c3-18d438e64b30 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-11T13:13:53Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#9c089a38-b53e-4313-908c-585b71d43e21 That would have been funny if you weren't projecting. --S Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:17:14 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#9c089a38-b53e-4313-908c-585b71d43e21 Shatter 2009-06-11T11:17:14Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#01f7f7cb-517e-4bb3-8322-239bec2a36aa take your medication Andy. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:57:37 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#01f7f7cb-517e-4bb3-8322-239bec2a36aa Thought Leader 2009-06-11T06:57:37Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#9e0a4b07-429f-40d2-96a3-8cb125f4b3f7 Wasn't much funny about you dishonoring the memory of a suicide victim by using the occasion to blame all of your opponents for the suicide, though none of them had anything to do with it, and me in particular. Unemployed man make funny! Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:29:15 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#9e0a4b07-429f-40d2-96a3-8cb125f4b3f7 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-11T06:29:15Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#d44a01ec-8ba8-443f-bda5-673ef8f38135 >> That should help. << fat man make funny. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:45:52 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#d44a01ec-8ba8-443f-bda5-673ef8f38135 Thought Leader 2009-06-11T05:45:52Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#aeade908-eebf-4ed7-8175-a3e508bccb85 I'm not worried about your little PSA. I keep all my wealth off shore and a passport ready to flee the country should the authorities come looking to arrest me over an internet incident that did not involve me in anyway. What worries me is these peoples' daily claims - for months now - that they are going to bring my whole world "crashing down" and "destroy" me, and also get a court order BANNING me from tribe. This is scary stuff! Given that NSA has never asked me to leave, I am at a loss as to how anyone is going to get a court order banning me from the site, but still, you know, these kinds of threats --- oh! Oh! Scary. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:42:15 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#aeade908-eebf-4ed7-8175-a3e508bccb85 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-10T21:42:15Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#a4b826b0-96d5-4175-972a-8507f0a2e716 Time for a PSA: "Trolling today may cause a suicide a year from now. STOP TROLLING!*" That should help. --S *Brought to you by people that believe everything bad on tribe is SOT's fault and all alts are St. Jman. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:47:59 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#a4b826b0-96d5-4175-972a-8507f0a2e716 Shatter 2009-06-10T20:47:59Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#16654759-0baa-4640-851f-4cc697d2640c Unfortunately, some of the same people who claim they were friends with the deceased and who claim to lament their passing have dishonored the memory by taking the occassion to grandstand and accuse others of being responsible for the suicide, even though those others, like me, had no interaction with the deceased. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:28:57 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#16654759-0baa-4640-851f-4cc697d2640c $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-10T19:28:57Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#c1a7db98-cbac-420f-aad7-2988538e7532 This is sad. I wish we did all have nine lives. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:11:22 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#c1a7db98-cbac-420f-aad7-2988538e7532 LOLcat 2009-06-10T18:11:22Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#bd1fab3b-7954-45e8-ae0c-91e52ea6f35b People have faked their own death in real life for insurance reasons; etc. Either way it's pretty dumb. BUT to put things into perspective, I knew one of the two who have passed on. It's a real tragedy and she is missed by many. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:40:52 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#bd1fab3b-7954-45e8-ae0c-91e52ea6f35b B 2009-06-10T17:40:52Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#c92849dc-3321-4ee7-a1ba-1575d6b3e55c OM effin G!!!! Are people that demented? Seriously. If you have to fake your death online rather than simply LEAVING the site.. you need therapy. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:09:39 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#c92849dc-3321-4ee7-a1ba-1575d6b3e55c SN 2009-06-10T16:09:39Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#781a74b1-966f-40af-80dc-06dba68810e4 There had been a thread on something like an "eternal flame" indicator suggested previously. I believe it was after Sharkpup's death. Or maybe F*ckerpants? I thought that was a good idea. And I would like to add that it would be nice to have the flame/light go on every year on the anniversary of their death or perhaps on Memorial Day. So that people could see their light on, and just for a moment think they are online... ...and to remember the good times and to think of the person... Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:14:27 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#781a74b1-966f-40af-80dc-06dba68810e4 $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-10T06:14:27Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#0b8a2762-f0a0-4646-802e-96c59b79823d >I kinda liked my tombstone idea. I kinda did, too. One of the stars I'm paying for is for a friend that passed. I thought it a fitting memorial. I think it would be cool if it were different from the other stars. Maybe a dark star on a light field... Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:05:01 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#0b8a2762-f0a0-4646-802e-96c59b79823d : Denisey, Phantom of Delight 2009-06-10T06:05:01Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#dba41b57-ceb8-44dd-bc51-36e2dbdddc71 I kinda liked my tombstone idea. --S Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:41:11 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#dba41b57-ceb8-44dd-bc51-36e2dbdddc71 Shatter 2009-06-10T05:41:11Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#b98b9c81-d4bf-43c7-9009-3fb3e19a912e So what is the policy after a triber passes away? I suppose the account should be left alone until the administrator or executor of the estate contacts NSA. The account belongs to the estate at that point. In most cases, the estate would not know or care, and eventually this "asset" would escheat to the great State of California. Budget crisis solved! May I suggest a new tribe feature wherein tribes have rights of survivorship, so anytime a triber passes away, the account can pass outside of probate to the designated survivor? What would tribe's policy be in response to a fake on-line suicide that caused a big outpouring of grief or upset? Is that a TOU violation, and if so, what would be the appropriate sanction? Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:00:05 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#b98b9c81-d4bf-43c7-9009-3fb3e19a912e $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-10T02:00:05Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#d18fe2f1-0f2e-4ec0-a276-1424e6b1cc3f We have been made aware of two tribe user suicides since November 2008 (when NSA took over). Both were confirmed by family and authorities. One profile was updated after the person's death by PayPal when it canceled the subscription in error (and was later corrected). The other has not been touched. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:19:21 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#d18fe2f1-0f2e-4ec0-a276-1424e6b1cc3f Tribe.net Help 2009-06-10T00:19:21Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#0b35a30b-cab6-47b2-bc1e-710b658c3087 >>A contributor to a knitting forum, for instance, faked her death rather than provide patterns she had been commissioned to design.<< AAAAHAHAHAHA! Fuckin'ey! Well, I won't pretend I haven't been tempted. Faking living is just easier, is the thing. EDIT: hey wait a minute this can't be the right tribe for this. You should post this in the Death tribe. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:27:00 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#0b35a30b-cab6-47b2-bc1e-710b658c3087 Lokifreign 2009-06-09T22:27:00Z http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#a2e0648e-52f8-4f24-91fe-45639adfd6db QUOTE: Your Basic Template for a Fake Online Death By Bruce Sterling June 9, 2009 | 10:04 am | Categories: Uncategorized *Gosh, Wired UK is kinda rocking it. Glad I took the time to limp by on my last legs (coughing uncontrollably). http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-03/24/reports-of-my-death.aspx (…) “In two investigations between 2007 and 2009, I encountered countless examples of fake deaths in all corners of the online world. A contributor to a knitting forum, for instance, faked her death rather than provide patterns she had been commissioned to design. A member of an online art gallery discovered that the 18-year-old, gay, male, lead-singer of a rock band, with whom she had developed a close friendship before he was killed in a car crash, was actually the work of two 14-year-old girls, who had entirely invented his life. A teenage British boy broke up with his real-life girlfriend to marry a 16-year-old online friend, later discovering (on her “death”) that his deceased wife-to-be was a 12-year-old fantasist who had been sending photos of her older cousin and inventing graphic details of incest and rape. “A LiveJournal community, known as fake_lj_deaths, has more than 6,000 members committed to investigating suspicious “deaths” reported on the social networking site. The sleuths are motivated by a desire to spare credulous readers the all-too-real grief and bereavement over the imaginary passing of a sometimes-imaginary friend. “I would venture only one in ten deaths that we are asked about turns out not to be fake,” said Anne Soffee, the moderator of fake_lj_deaths, the community that has investigated, and exposed, hundreds of such frauds. (((That’s really pretty good, eh? You have to wonder which of the major social-media sites is the fake-deadest. I’d have guessed LiveJournal, but you never know without some crisp, firm evidence provided by formerly employed print journalists.))) “The motivations of the fakers are almost as opaque as the fictions themselves, but one clue may lie in the power granted by online communities to quantify the sympathy for an illness or the shock of a death via comments boxes or replies to a journal thread. During a lengthy battle against terminal illness, blog writers can attract support from thousands of friends who follow them through treatments, and who cry real tears when they die. In more than one example, bereaved online friends have created tribute websites where they have posted poetry and photographs in memorial books that stretch to hundreds of pages. It feeds the desire of the narcissist and provides the lonely with the attention that they may never previously have known. “I have never felt more loved and cared for in my entire life,” wrote one faker, named “Sara” in an astonishing confession of a life filled with online deaths. “I suddenly craved for everyone’s attention, love, care, concern and affection … People posted messages about how they were very concerned, they were keeping “Sara” in their thoughts and prayers, and so many things. It became more interesting to me. It became very appealing to me. I decided to play with it more. I do not know how or why, I just did.” Any investigation into fake online deaths soon encounters the name “limeybean”, the online moniker of one of the most notorious and far-reaching fakes, which originated in the UK in late 2005. Limeybean was the 18-year-old daughter of immigrants to London, with a family history of tuberculosis. She was a popular and prominent contributor to a Harry Potter fan community, and a prodigious writer of journals, on which she announced one day that she too had been diagnosed with the same rare strand of untreatable TB that had killed her father and twin brother. As limeybean struggled gamely with her illness, she garnered a huge following of admiring, concerned readers, who offered their support via email and in comments on her blog, sometimes even talking to her in conversations punctuated by coughs and wheezes. When limeybean eventually succumbed to her illness, news relayed on a confidante’s MySpace page, there was an unprecedented outpouring of grief from numerous other friends who had drawn strength and inspiration from her battle. One of their number, however, was not so credulous…" END QUOTE ********************************************************************************************************************************************** One clue that an on-line death was faked is when there continues to be activity on the account. I have noticed this in several tribe.net reported suicides. The continued activity is usually reported as a friend or partner having been given or obtained access to do some "housekeeping" on the deceased person's account, but I find this highly improbable. Or it is reported as tribe.net employees actually having gone into the account for some kind of administrative or housekeeping reason. Also highly improbable. In my view, if there is any continued activity on an account of a person who reportedly died, the reported death is likely a fake. The likelihood that anyone was given the passwords by the deceased, could find the passwords, or was granted access by the administrators of tribe.net seems remote to me. Having said that, I have no knowledge or opinion on any particular death or suicide that has been reported on tribe.net. I did not know any of these people or interact with them. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:48:37 GMT http://brainstorm.tribe.net/thread/505aeab6-37bf-41f4-9e83-97b305ff73f3#a2e0648e-52f8-4f24-91fe-45639adfd6db $item.owner.firstName 2009-06-09T20:48:37Z