12-03-2021, 07:47 PM
(12-03-2021, 12:44 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I am sure he is still here under some other name (or names). He was The Scales or something like that over on Go-Bengals.com
He was a very intelligent guy, but he thought he was doing something amazing by fooling everyone with all these fake accounts. The fact is that most people are like me and don't spend any time really thinking if someone on the internet really is who they claim to be. It is easy to trick people when they have no reason to try and figure out if you are lying or not. It is not like he was taking people for money or anything.
I will say that I had a ton of laughs on another board he started for a while. There were a few of us form here and several of his fake accounts. It was crazy.
Right? Anyone could wreck a board if that's what tickles them. Not that hard to fake things on the internet. Says less about the intelligence of the people you're fooling and more about the sickness that motivates you to find joy in that.
I was on the other boards I think you're talking about. It had an arcade and a chat room that was usually open. Joe from Flo supposedly joined and spilled the beans on there, but I didn't believe half of what I read in that place.
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