Am I Wrong to Defend Myself?
I’m hoping to get some opinions here as to whether or not I’m properly handling this situation.
Mike Fitz runs a blog where he posted about his reasons for frowning upon TweeterGetter. His conspiracty is that the big reason TweeterGetter is bad is because Gary McCaffrey is stealing passwords of Twitter users. To me this notion is crazy for several reasons, but I tried just playing devil’s advocate and asking Mr. Fitz if he’s worried about that if he has or planned on posting the same warning for other services that request your Twitter credentials.
Technical jargon alert: Of course, this problem isn't Gary's fault, it is a natural result of Twitter refusing to take advantage of 0Auth in their API.
Anyway, when I defended TweeterGetter one of Mike’s readers decided to make a childish, homoerotic, suggestion about my sexual preference.
http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/14/tweetergetter-twitter-password-harvester/#comment-43401
I was disappointed to find that rather than admonishing his reader, Mike instead opted to result to joining in and calling me names.
http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/14/tweetergetter-twitter-password-harvester/#comment-43410
When I called him onto the carpet about that, he attempted to deflect the entire issue.
http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/14/tweetergetter-twitter-password-harvester/#comment-43431
I pointed out that I didn’t appreciate his comments nor the way he was choosing to handle the entire discussion.
http://mike.brisgeek.com/2009/02/14/tweetergetter-twitter-password-harvester/#comment-43435
I’d have to say, I’m done with the issue now. I probably won’t be returning again, but I want to make sure that I have handled things properly thus far. Your thoughts?
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In the sake of fairness, the ENTIRE article, and my comments can be viewed HERE.
If I have handled things poorly or improperly, you have my permission to tell me so.
7 Responses to “Am I Wrong to Defend Myself?”
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>> JaceMan
I think you handled it just about right .. seeing that you are just a pawn in a game that you don’t understand.
I hope you got a taste of the backend.
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He may not have the guts to defend honor, but I do. Your childish remarks suggesting that I’m gay are crude, immature, and pathetic. You say that I’m a “pawn in a game I don’t understand” yet you provide NO argument here nor on his page.
You want to debate me, debate me! You want to hurl ad hominem attacks do in on someone else’s blog. It will NOT be tolerated here.
Jason, When you go to your church next Sunday, talk to the people there about “right” and “wrong”.
You have an opportunity to redeem yourself by publicly recanting your support for TweeterGetter and your defence of Gary McCaffrey.
This way to the door, sir.
I don’t think he likes us Mike >> maybe he’d be more affable if we agreed to let him resell our $267 e-book:
“Secrets to making $1 Billion in 2 days without ever leaving the house!”
What do you say J-man?? We’ll cut you in for 30% of our FRAUD .. and you can keep claiming innocence!!
Ahhhh, yes trolling commenters IP addresses blocked.
If you care to add something to the discussion, AWESOME!
If you don’t, there’s no need to press the reply button.
Apparently, your only complaints about me were that:
(1) my tweets annoyed you because they were repetitive.
You weren’t the only one with that complaint, by the way. That’s the reason I’ve decided not to discuss TG any more. Simply to not annoy my readers.
However, it’s only proper to note that: “annoying & repetitive” is NOT the same thing as spam. (Spam is unsolicited commercial messages.) I don’t sell anything. Not even my own consulting services.
(2) You felt that I made a rude comment to Mike.
This is especially interesting in that Mike states that he would have preferred that you not delete it.
The truth is, I was not name-calling. The term slander is simply a legal term. I’ve explained all that in more detail, as my last comment on Mike’s blog (here: http://is.gd/kmJU )
Anyway…
Ya can’t please everyone.
Cheers,
Bruce