It's not public knowledge, but I keep informal dossiers on suspicious members of this forum. Like the NSA, you got nothing to worry about if you're not doing anything wrong.
Several months ago, I started one on member VincentVinturi. From the jump, he'd struck me as a self-promoter, game-denialist, and maybe even PUA spammer. Some of his threads in the early-going definitely had that tone to them.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-29012.html
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-25945.html
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-25123.html
I decided to start digging. I quickly learned that he was operating an account at PUAhate under the username Dimitri. I was certain it was him for the following reasons.
1. His avatar--that old picture of him looking downward--was the same at PUAHate and here for a while. He's since changed his avatar there, a fact discussed in this thread.
2. He's started the same threads here and there, with the exact same title--down to the punctuation--within minutes of each other.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-25599.html
http://puahate.com/showthread.php?t=80459
3. He's known to live in Thailand on PUAHate, as he is here.
4. He's also taken threads from here and posted them there--with the exact same title and punctuation--within days of each other.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-26900.html
http://puahate.com/showthread.php?t=87501
5. He's promoted (specifically) the sleep benefits of magnesium on both boards.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-31836.html
http://puahate.com/showthread.php?t=82325
At PUAHate, he routinely engaged in bad mouthing the forum and some of its members with whom he seemed to have an unhealthy obsession. He also ridiculed Roosh directly, and acknowledged having been banned here previously.
Despite all of this evidence, I waited to ban him outright, since he often insulted PUAHate as well, and I figured it was worth ascertaining his motivations and finding any possible affiliations. During this wait-and-see period, he was attacked for his post at ROK, which rallied support for him. Evidently, Roosh did not have my suspicions and allowed him to contribute there. Rather than come after a man already besieged, I decided to wait a bit longer.
But this troll thread today has forced my hand to come forward with my case against VincentVinturi-Dimitri to the community. While he seems like a guy with genuine game skills, and willingness to share his information, he's also a secret subversive who associates with an organization that has coordinated several troll attacks on this forum, and which ridicules our members as a matter of routine. He's proven to be deceptive, suggesting that his primary motivation is self-promotion rather than enriching this community--even if that means undercutting us to enhance his image elsewhere. He can't plead ignorance, because he's gone through deliberate steps to cover his tracks (such as changing his avatar at PUAHate) once his footprint on this side of the fence started to grow.
What are your thoughts, RVF?
Several months ago, I started one on member VincentVinturi. From the jump, he'd struck me as a self-promoter, game-denialist, and maybe even PUA spammer. Some of his threads in the early-going definitely had that tone to them.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-29012.html
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-25945.html
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-25123.html
I decided to start digging. I quickly learned that he was operating an account at PUAhate under the username Dimitri. I was certain it was him for the following reasons.
1. His avatar--that old picture of him looking downward--was the same at PUAHate and here for a while. He's since changed his avatar there, a fact discussed in this thread.
2. He's started the same threads here and there, with the exact same title--down to the punctuation--within minutes of each other.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-25599.html
http://puahate.com/showthread.php?t=80459
3. He's known to live in Thailand on PUAHate, as he is here.
4. He's also taken threads from here and posted them there--with the exact same title and punctuation--within days of each other.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-26900.html
http://puahate.com/showthread.php?t=87501
5. He's promoted (specifically) the sleep benefits of magnesium on both boards.
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-31836.html
http://puahate.com/showthread.php?t=82325
At PUAHate, he routinely engaged in bad mouthing the forum and some of its members with whom he seemed to have an unhealthy obsession. He also ridiculed Roosh directly, and acknowledged having been banned here previously.
Despite all of this evidence, I waited to ban him outright, since he often insulted PUAHate as well, and I figured it was worth ascertaining his motivations and finding any possible affiliations. During this wait-and-see period, he was attacked for his post at ROK, which rallied support for him. Evidently, Roosh did not have my suspicions and allowed him to contribute there. Rather than come after a man already besieged, I decided to wait a bit longer.
But this troll thread today has forced my hand to come forward with my case against VincentVinturi-Dimitri to the community. While he seems like a guy with genuine game skills, and willingness to share his information, he's also a secret subversive who associates with an organization that has coordinated several troll attacks on this forum, and which ridicules our members as a matter of routine. He's proven to be deceptive, suggesting that his primary motivation is self-promotion rather than enriching this community--even if that means undercutting us to enhance his image elsewhere. He can't plead ignorance, because he's gone through deliberate steps to cover his tracks (such as changing his avatar at PUAHate) once his footprint on this side of the fence started to grow.
What are your thoughts, RVF?