chopperone,
Don't forget to tell the troops that PP also has appeared on hundreds of magazine covers and TV shows, strummed the guitar with Elvis, dined with the Queen (asked if she wanted more bread and created an international incident) and made his debut in Major League Baseball as a 48-year-old rookie -- going five-for-five with two homers and a couple of stolen bases, as I recall.
In other words, PP, unable to see the big zits on his face and his black teeth, is a fantasy brand, "The Most Beautiful Little Boy In The World," a favorite of the tabloids and paparazzi after he rose to fame as a spokesman for grapes. When the brand was brand new, the storytelling helped attract an audience.
Over time, the PP Blog became less interested in "Internet Marketing" and more interested in writing about scams. This was because it had become evident that very few Blogs in "Internet Marketing" were devoted full time to writing about scams. Scams were multiplying -- mushrooming, actually. My analysis of the situation suggests that the scams began to mushroom just about the time the economy was going in the tank.
Funny thing about reporting on scams: It makes you a target of slime attacks such as the one you posted above. Then cyberstalkers such as UF26 go after you, using names such as "Pistol" and "Pistol's Pal."
Then there's the hate mail, occasionally including very menacing language and even death threats. The Blog also has experienced DDoS attacks, for instance.
It's true that I am less public than I used to be. That's because of the DDoS attacks, certain actions of members of a criminal mob and/or "sovereign citizens." They routinely try to put a chill in me. Earlier this month one of them told me I owed a certain individual "sovereign" $300,000 every time I used her name in a story.
There also have been a few instances in which "defenders" of bizarre "programs" actually began to attack certain PP Blog readers. One true sicko applauded the death of my dog, suggesting it was a warning from God and that a family member could be next.
You wouldn't be trying to put a chill in me or RealScam.com, would you, chopperone? It has been tried on this very forum before -- and even taken off the forum and moved other places by an individual who claimed he was inspired to "defend" the 730-percent-a-year JSSTripler/JustPeenPaid program "so help me God."
I've also noticed that various slime-bucketeers have trained their sights on RealScam.com, one of the few forums in the world that concerns itself with the dangers of international mass-marketing fraud. They want to chill the forum and some of its posters, particularly on the subjects of cash-gifting and the BannersBroker and ProfitableSunrise "programs." Some of them try to use UF26 as their authority. His lot in life is to have become a source of inspiration for HYIP hucksters and serial stalkers.
Hell, chopperone, if you spend enough time on the Internet, maybe your thinking will evolve. Maybe as you see more and more people getting drafted into scams, maybe you'll come to see the economic and national-security implications of all of this. Not sure if you're a writer, but maybe you'll decide to use your talents to make whatever difference you can make.
That's the choice I made more than four years ago. Some of the early critics of my reports on scams were slime-bucketeers such as your (current) self. They didn't want to believe their "program" was a scam, but their thinking evolved over time and they became members of the antiscam community. I count these folks among my friends now.
PPBlog
P.S. Sometimes I use fantasy to drive home a larger point about the dangers of scamming going unchecked on the Internet. Like this:
FANTASY POST: President Cuts Short Vacation To Address Nation On ‘Grave Threat To National Economic Security’; Government Targeted With ‘Taunt’ From Purported MLM Operators Amid Sea Of Incongruity; ‘We Have The Power,
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