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This should be retitled as "Anon successfully trolls Paul Rankin." Alex Tapanaris assuredly is not the one who wrote that document. http://pastebin.com/5dBdu3qk

This should be retitled as "Anon successfully trolls Paul Rankin." Alex Tapanaris assuredly is not the one who wrote that document. http://pastebin.com/5dBdu3qk http://pastebin.com/5dBdu3qk If that link no longer works by the time you see this, it's one of hundreds of links where people posting as him describe in detail the degrading sexual acts they would like done to him. The metadata has almost certainly been Admiral Ackbarred.

crocowhile 16y ago
I don't get it. What am I supposed to see there that proves this was trolling?
- kristofferR 16y ago
  The name is used by the 4chan folks (many of them are "anonymous") as an internal joke. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+site:pastebin.com+ALEX+TAPANARIS&sa=X&ei=mM8DTeK3KYel4Ab86_zeCg&ved=0CAIQqAQwBg http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+site:pastebin.com+...
  - vito 16y ago
    Those were all created today. It seems more likely that they're mocking him.
    - wintersdaylight 16y ago
      The cached contact page for Tapanaris shows he uses a nick "t4pan" http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PPhOZgLXlo4J:www.alextapanaris.com/cms/about+http://www.alextapanaris.com/cms/about&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PPhOZgL... After some googling: t4paN 01-29-2008 11:33 AM "4chan will get them, don't worry." http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=781716 http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=781716 Looking like he is associated with anon to me and that it isn't a false flag
      - crocowhile 16y ago
        WTF, of course he is associated to anon: he wrote the freaking press release!?!
        lallysingh 16y ago
        This discussion is over whether he actually wrote the press release, or whether someone else did and put his name in the metadata to make him take the flak for it.
        crocowhile 16y ago
        Sorry but it seems I am talking to a bunch of stupid, here. Here you bring two evidence that he is in fact a victim of 4chan. 1) a bunch of pastebins, ALL CREATED AFTER THE PRESS RELEASE, mocking the guy 2) a forum post, older than that date, where he mentions 4chan, using his alias t4pan. The first one only proves 4channers are making fun of him The latter, only shows he knows about 4chan - which he must if he wrote the press release. Where is the evidence he didn't write. NOWHERE. And now start downvoting, then the next thread go bully this place is better than reddit.
        PrestoManifesto 16y ago
        The original comment poster thought the attacks had been taking place for awhile, he thought it look like 4chan previously had a grudge against this man. In the discussion following the comment it was figured out that the attacks started afterward. You're not talking to "a bunch of stupid, here", you could have just asked for someone to explain it to you.
    - CamperBob 16y ago
      Or he's executing a Joe Job on himself in an effort to bury his mistake in the resulting noise floor...
GHFigs 16y ago
I don't believe you're right about that. What you're seeing is Anonymous punishing someone for making a stupid mistake, i.e. "being a newfag". The same kind of schadenfreude that lead Paul to post this to Tumblr tends to inspire a markedly more severe reaction out of Anonymous itself.
- vito 16y ago
  You seem to be right; all of the pastebins in the link below are from within the day.
carbocation 16y ago
Wow, I have too much faith in humanity. The follow-up replies to my comment have reversed my position on this. As is typical, I reserve my strongest belief for things I know least about.

crocowhile 16y ago

I don't get it. What am I supposed to see there that proves this was trolling?

kristofferR 16y ago
The name is used by the 4chan folks (many of them are "anonymous") as an internal joke. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+site:pastebin.com+ALEX+TAPANARIS&sa=X&ei=mM8DTeK3KYel4Ab86_zeCg&ved=0CAIQqAQwBg http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=+site:pastebin.com+...
- vito 16y ago
  Those were all created today. It seems more likely that they're mocking him.
  - wintersdaylight 16y ago
    The cached contact page for Tapanaris shows he uses a nick "t4pan" http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PPhOZgLXlo4J:www.alextapanaris.com/cms/about+http://www.alextapanaris.com/cms/about&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:PPhOZgL... After some googling: t4paN 01-29-2008 11:33 AM "4chan will get them, don't worry." http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=781716 http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=781716 Looking like he is associated with anon to me and that it isn't a false flag
    - crocowhile 16y ago
      WTF, of course he is associated to anon: he wrote the freaking press release!?!
      - lallysingh 16y ago
        This discussion is over whether he actually wrote the press release, or whether someone else did and put his name in the metadata to make him take the flak for it.
        crocowhile 16y ago
        Sorry but it seems I am talking to a bunch of stupid, here. Here you bring two evidence that he is in fact a victim of 4chan. 1) a bunch of pastebins, ALL CREATED AFTER THE PRESS RELEASE, mocking the guy 2) a forum post, older than that date, where he mentions 4chan, using his alias t4pan. The first one only proves 4channers are making fun of him The latter, only shows he knows about 4chan - which he must if he wrote the press release. Where is the evidence he didn't write. NOWHERE. And now start downvoting, then the next thread go bully this place is better than reddit.
        PrestoManifesto 16y ago
        The original comment poster thought the attacks had been taking place for awhile, he thought it look like 4chan previously had a grudge against this man. In the discussion following the comment it was figured out that the attacks started afterward. You're not talking to "a bunch of stupid, here", you could have just asked for someone to explain it to you.
  - CamperBob 16y ago
    Or he's executing a Joe Job on himself in an effort to bury his mistake in the resulting noise floor...

GHFigs 16y ago

I don't believe you're right about that. What you're seeing is Anonymous punishing someone for making a stupid mistake, i.e. "being a newfag". The same kind of schadenfreude that lead Paul to post this to Tumblr tends to inspire a markedly more severe reaction out of Anonymous itself.

vito 16y ago
You seem to be right; all of the pastebins in the link below are from within the day.

carbocation 16y ago

Wow, I have too much faith in humanity. The follow-up replies to my comment have reversed my position on this. As is typical, I reserve my strongest belief for things I know least about.