The creepy people of BWW

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 11:58am

I received a PM last night from someone saying if I didn't like her blog, I didn't have to read it.

I've never read her blog. So today, I went to see what the person posting as me had done.

"Rathnait62 said...

I don't know if they end on a darker note or not, because by the time I've gotten to the end I've forgotten what the beginning was about.

October 19, 2007 4:31 PM"

On the actual blog, you can click on the 'Rathnait62' and it links to my old website.

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 12:19pm

Wait...what?

[DAME]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 12:36pm

Rathie.. your opening a can of worms.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 12:38pm

Hey, I'm just letting people know that I'm not the one doing this sh*t. I didn't create the can of worms.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 12:38pm

Was this really necessary?

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 12:42pm

As necessary as someone feeling the need to go to other sites and post as me, yes. But thanks for asking. THAT was certainly necessary.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 12:50pm

it might not have deserved its own thread, but i recently had a reasonably similar thread about something that happened on my blog. i was able to deduce from a quick trace that the person came from bww and where in nyc they were. i'm sure the blogger in question here can look at the ip address and see where the comment came from. i wonder where it would be? i'd be interested in knowing.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 12:54pm

Interesting, papa. Thanks for that info.

ETA: The reason I started a thread is because I want everyone to see this, in case it's happening other places that I won't know about and therefore won't be able to respond to privately.

Updated On: 10/20/07 at 12:54 PM

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 12:58pm

well, it only works if the blogger has subscribed to a counter like statcounter or bravenet or blogstats or the like. so it's not a sure thing. but it sure does make for some interesting viewing when the anonymous arrive. or when a commenter claiming to be one person posts from an ip address across the country.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:09pm

That was actually the second time that mystery person posted as Rathnait. Here's the first:

Rathnait62 said...
It must take you a long time to read each entry out loud. I've never seen a blog with entries this consistently long that aren't legal or medical related. I'd take a poll to see how many people actually make it through an entire entry.

October 3, 2007 2:15 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:11pm

I didn't see that one.

Pretty cowardly to leave mean comments with someone else's name on them.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:18pm

I have no objection to you starting a thread like this, Rath. My initial response was to the tilte. There is a thread on page one called "The People of BWW," which is a very positive, well-intentioned thread started by someone who wanted to say kind, warm things about his fellow posters. Then your thread appears with the same title, but with "Creepy.' Perhaps if you had given it a different title, it would not have struck me as trying to detract from one with a similar name.

But that's how I took it.

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:19pm

On October 3rd, the following cities showed hits:
Denver, CO
Chicago, IL
Oak Park, IL
Merrillville, IN
Nesconset, NY
New York, NY
Akron, OH

On October 19th, the following cities showed hits:
Lexington, KY
Lowell, MA
Houghton, MI
Lansing, MI
Dover, NH
Tonawanda, NY
Portland, OR
Springfield, VA

Updated On: 10/20/07 at 01:19 PM

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:21pm

i don't see how one thread "detracts" from another. each one is its own entity. when people start complaining about how others title their threads it always makes me giggle.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:24pm

Link please, floweryfriend.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:27pm

Anytime I can make you giggle, Papa, I'm a happy girl.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:38pm

Why does everyone have so friggin' much to say? Blogs?!

[~FloweryFriend~]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:46pm

Why is my blog suddenly on trial? I don't believe that's the goal of this thread.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:47pm

It's not on trial. Plus, I gave you a compliment!

I was just agreeing with Rath that the long paragraphs would be easier to read with more breaks.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:48pm

Is your blog on trial?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 1:51pm

I have a friend who is a pre-op MTF tranny who has a terrible blog. She finally put it on lockdown, because she and her wife (still legal since they chop hasn't happened yet) lost their jobs at some theater in hillbilly country because of it.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 2:08pm

I'm glad for this thread because I never go to blogs.

You're a good writer, ff. I'm on the Bridget Jones/NaWriNoMo section and it's eminently readable. I don't think you'll have any trouble with the November challenge.

Also, I appreciate your candor about the body image issues and the messages that bombard young women.

Phyllis, once the chop happens the marriage is rendered illegal? That's so weird. It's like a blow for gay rights, but a win for trannie rights, I guess.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 2:09pm

All the creepy people
Where do they all come from?
All the creepy people
Where do they all belong?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 2:13pm

Toni Soprano, always a victim in every new thread
like somebody's dead!
All the creepy people
Where do they all come from?

[uncageg]

Posted: 10/20/07 at 2:16pm

"The chop hasn't happened yet"

That just made my day.