Comment by nobody9999
5 years ago
>This looks like forum sliding to me. Everybody knows what was meant by DQ, the context made it obvious.
I didn't know what "forum sliding" was either.
Apparently, it's this[0]:
"Technique #1 - 'FORUM SLIDING'
If a very sensitive posting of a critical nature has been posted on a forum - it can be quickly removed from public view by 'forum sliding.' In this technique a number of unrelated posts are quietly prepositioned on the forum and allowed to 'age.' Each of these misdirectional forum postings can then be called upon at will to trigger a 'forum slide.' The second requirement is that several fake accounts exist, which can be called upon, to ensure that this technique is not exposed to the public. To trigger a 'forum slide' and 'flush' the critical post out of public view it is simply a matter of logging into each account both real and fake and then 'replying' to prepositined postings with a simple 1 or 2 line comment. This brings the unrelated postings to the top of the forum list, and the critical posting 'slides' down the front page, and quickly out of public view. Although it is difficult or impossible to censor the posting it is now lost in a sea of unrelated and unuseful postings. By this means it becomes effective to keep the readers of the forum reading unrelated and non-issue items."
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I'm not really sure how that applies here.
What, exactly, do you suppose I'm trying to distract others from seeing?
Please do elucidate, especially since it ought to increase the visibility of whatever it is you think I'm trying to obfuscate.
Thanks!
>especially since it ought to increase the visibility
No, writing paragraphs of irrelevance (you didn't genuinely interpret DQ to mean Dairy Queen so the large comment you wrote about that misinterpretation was just sheer noise) doesn't increase the visibility of what you're trying to obfuscate, it shifts the signal/noise ratio downwards. It pollutes and derails the discussion.
>No, writing paragraphs of irrelevance (you didn't genuinely interpret DQ to mean Dairy Queen so the large comment you wrote about that misinterpretation was just sheer noise) doesn't increase the visibility of what you're trying to obfuscate, it shifts the signal/noise ratio downwards. It pollutes and derails the discussion.
Didn't I? How do you know what's in my mind?
Since Grammarly is a tool to improve writing, talking about improving one's writing (in this case, defining the abbreviations you're using) is certainly appropriate to the discussion.
It's unfortunate that you disagree. But I'm really not sure what you're disagreeing with me about. From what exactly do you think I'm trying to distract/deflect/obfuscate?
I'd really like to know what you think. Really.
Let's talk all about exactly what you want to highlight from this discussion. What might that be? You haven't been clear about anything except that you don't like what I have to say and, seemingly, more the way I said it.
You have claimed that I'm some sort of shill attempting to derail the conversation, but you haven't stated what you think it might be that I'm trying to derail/deflect/obfuscate.
So what's your gripe? What's your take on Grammarly? What do you think is important and should be the focus/foci of this discussion.
Obviously, you're incredibly wise and your opinion is much valued the world over, so please do tell.
And a bonus question for you: Do you have to work at being a jackass, or does it come naturally?
>How do you know what's in my mind?
I'm telepathic.
>What's your take on Grammarly?
I've commented elsewhere in the thread on that.
What's your take on Grammarly? I noticed you didn't contribute anything to the debate but the dairy queen noise.
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