WELCOME LURKER

[sus]

I like this, it's like fishing

 

[linebaugh]

@johnaghydon1 is an interesting case because he went ahead and chose a profile picture before deciding not to participate. He may have been gung ho on jumping in before he saw something really hideous and turned away

 

[version]

Some of these accounts may be bots. They're not all legit like @cjdrainplumbing

 

[constant escape]

So practice fishing, then.

 

[version]

 

[constant escape]

Can bots preemptively choose avatars like that, before even making a splash?

 

[linebaugh]

I get bots in twitter/reddit/facebook context, but what use are they here?

 

[version]

Spying. Advertising.

 

[constant escape]

Conversion to the alt-right, according to prevalent suspicion.

 

[constant escape]

In those other contexts, they are spray-n-pray, low stakes, settling for a handful of small marks. Here, they come armed for big game hunt.

 

[luka]

@johnaghydon1 is an interesting case because he went ahead and chose a profile picture before deciding not to participate. He may have been gung ho on jumping in before he saw something really hideous and turned away

I bet it was the 'pinnies' thread

 

[Dusty]

Long time lurker, save the odd post where I just can't help myself.

You lot are too smart for me, but you introduced me to the work of Simon Morris and for that I am forever thankful.


**edit** actually it appears I have almost 300 posts, so I'm not even a real lurker.

 

[Leo]

believe me, @Dusty, we're not too smart for anyone.

 

[woops]

 

[Dusty]

 

[catalog]

is that morris thing through my zines thread dusty? have you got the consumer guide yet? let's have a study and discussion group on it. Great writer.

 

[sus]

I bet it was the 'pinnies' thread

No, the pinnies thread is what got him to register. It was our lack of pinnies that caused the second-thoughts.

 

[sus]

here you go @johnaghydon1

 

[Dusty]

is that morris thing through my zines thread dusty?

It probably was. I'm reading the reissue of Consumer guide as we speak.

I picked up Creep Shots days before he went missing. It was a disconcerting experience unlike any other consuming that book whilst constantly checking the news in the hope he would be found safe and well, yet the book itself suggesting otherwise.

 

[catalog]

yeah that's really good, the cut ups in that are excellent. and the way he describes the night out, i know all those places, he does it well