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[consulting_detective]

I am not, nor have I ever been on Dreamwidth.

Unlike the Tumblr account, I will advise you to ignore the Dreamwidth duplicate. This individual is impersonating me, apparently with the goal of starting drama under my name.

Do not engage.

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[mazarin221b.livejournal.com]

But how will we know which one is really you? The other says that your LJ was hacked.

[consulting_detective]

The other's a troll. The typing is riddled with Americanisms and poor grammar. It should be obvious, actually.


My account was never hacked. I suspect the duplicate is only saying that because people lately have been speculating exactly that.

[mazarin221b.livejournal.com]

I was just being a smartass, but I honestly only saw one entry visible, which wouldn't give anyone much to go on. Perhaps I only saw the one because I didn't friend that journal.

[consulting_detective]

I see.

This person is also on Holmeschat and is impersonating me over there as well. Honestly, I can't believe anyone fell for it.

[mazarin221b.livejournal.com]

I can't believe I waded through all that slime to find it, but...yeah, that correction post was pretty funny.

Although we don't know each other very well, we have chatted a bit - tell me one thing you think would prove it's you, and something the impostor wouldn't think to say.

If I'm going to take sides, I need to be sure of my facts. (Although I'm not wading into that pile of insanity at HC to take a side. Ick.)

[consulting_detective]

I applaud your initiative, but as you've already pointed out, we do hardly know one another. Perhaps this exchange might be more efficient if you asked a direct question.

[mazarin221b.livejournal.com]

I chided you about something that showed up in my comments the other day. What was it? (Because it's not there any more.)

[consulting_detective]

Although, I will point out that this person, whoever he is, has not actually specified how long ago the hack took place.

However, it was only yesterday that I pointed out his need for a Brit picker in his posts, so it's doubtful that he would have used 'correct' spelling before then. Especially considering the state of his posts on HC.

[mazarin221b.livejournal.com]

Ah, there that creepy fucker is. *shudder*

And true - no idea how long ago the hack took place. But the LJ CD seemed to be happy with the BBC adaption, and the DW CD isn't. The problem is that JF or any of your(?) other friends haven't really said (maybe they did, and I don't remember) what the real CD thought about the BBC adaption for comparison.

Although...one person with control of both CD and JFs journals would explain why you suddenly started talking to me, considering you've not friended my journal and I find it highly unlikely you stumbled over my Richie post. However, JF has friended my journal and would have seen it.

So.

I'll just sit back and watch, until I figure it out.

[consulting_detective]

I tend not to friend anyone on principle. John knows I go through his F-list and use his account to do so. He does get a bit tetchy if I comment with it though, so I'm only able to respond to unlocked posts. Which I will do, if the post is interesting.

[mazarin221b.livejournal.com]

I tend not to friend anyone on principle. What on earth principle would that be? The isolation principle? Or the "don't want to take a chance they'll be boring" principle? I'm asking sincerely, here, not just being a smartass. (well, not too much.)

Also - Which I will do, if the post is interesting. Flattery, rank flattery. Rants on Ritchie aren't interesting to anyone other than those that feel the same. And offensive screeds to anyone that doesn't. Such is the nature of fandom.

[consulting_detective]

By 'friending' someone, you give the impression that you care about them. Most of these people who 'friend' me hardly know me at all. Why would I want to make them think that they matter one way or another to me?

And then there's the obligation factor. If your 'friend' posts something that they might deem important, they can get upset if you ignore the post.


It's easier to just read John's list, have any F-locked posts automatically filtered out, and pick out the interesting bits.

[mazarin221b.livejournal.com]

There are plenty of people that friend me for my fic, and not for any other reason whatsoever. I'm fine with that. I friended you for your art. I don't think people expect you to friend them back for things like that.

At least, I hope not. Now I'm paranoid that I've offended lots of people.

But I suppose I thought by "principle" you meant something more than "I don't like anyone enough to friend them except rarely." Which is the position of more people than you'd think.

[consulting_detective]

John friends everybody back automatically. I guess he figures that if he doesn't, someone might get jealous or something. I don't get it. He doesn't post anything under a filter (nor do I, for that matter -- rather defeats the purpose of having a blog if you ask me), so anyone who friends either of us will see the same content whether or not we add back.

[alltoseek.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 'friend' is poor nomenclature on LJ's part. People can 'watch' a community, for example; the only way to do the equivalent for someone's journal is to 'friend' it. An option to 'watch' a journal might make more sense linguistically.

Or we need to invent some more terms as the internet keeps providing opportunities for interaction that don't have 'real' life equivalents ('real life' being another improperly-descriptive term - as if typing something on a blog is less 'real' than writing it on a piece of paper, or saying it in person).

[ningen-demonai.livejournal.com]

Awww, but he's amusing! At least I'm guessing the person's a he, although most of the people I know on LJ are girls. :|a

[wonko-the-sane.livejournal.com]

Since when do you need help starting drama?

[alltoseek.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't worry. Whoever it is doesn't seem very amusing.

ETA: Except he is using the icon a comment of mine inspired. I'm fond of that icon :-) Nothing against your pretty skull with the blue-purple background, of course; it's very cool.