Recent events at the paper seem to have brought out one or two particular trolls who delight in messing things up. One whose identity is known to us, has now hacked into our blog administrative systems. That is a crime, a felony. We'll be pursuing charges. I guess my point is you might see a bit of disruption for a few days until the schoolyard trolls tire of their game and until charges can be filed against the hacker(s). If you see odd posts or posts that just seem not to make sense, please let me know. If someone is using your name in a fake post, e-mail me directly. Try not to take the bait and respond online. It only encourages them. And this isn't about killing posts critical of me or the paper. We have plenty of those still active and I expect many more/Editor Steve Smith, News Is A Conversation.
DFO: Steve's right. It's fairly easy to spot a blog troll, particularly at HBO, where I know most posters. IPs are a giveaway, even when a troll goes out of his way to change his personal computer IP to a unique one. A new pseudonym and an IP address that produces no HBO history shouts, "troll," if the message is nasty. There's been an uptick in troll activity here since Black Thursday. But things will settle down. As always, Huckleberries Online moves on.
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
identity is known to us, has now hacked into our blog administrative systems. That is a crime, a felony. We'll be pursuing charges. I guess my point is you might see a bit of disruption for a few days until the schoolyard trolls tire of their game and until charges can be filed against the hacker(s). If you see odd posts or posts that just seem not to make sense, please let me know. If someone is using your name in a fake post, e-mail me directly. Try not to take the bait and respond online. It only encourages them. And this isn't about killing posts critical of me or the paper. We have plenty of those still active and I expect many more/Editor Steve Smith, News Is A Conversation.
