Terrorized on Topix (is #15 the last??)

NOTE: this post was written September 29, 2009

[Images: #15 Pasadena Star News Topix attack forum built by the same troll on Topix; number "who knows??" attack forum; my user profile on Topix (my username was hacked on one of the forums as you can see from my top comment)]

Oh my God! Topix has been used against me and my blog as a terror tool.

15 Topix attack forums have been built by the same troll, attacking me and the poor, beleaguered Pasadena New Progressive blog.

I mean come on!! Fifteen of the things?

In each one, the troll lifts copy from something I have written and re-posts it, skewing it slightly. She also posts annoying, serial mocking comments - samples of which are in the visuals.

I have filed countless complaints with Topix, who after days and days and dozens of complaints, will finally delete the latest forum, only to have a new one spring up in its place. I call this blackmail.

Here is a letter (one of the many) I wrote to the Topix Administration, to try and get them to stop this practice and stop this troll:

Dear Topix:

All of the Topix attack forums have been deleted by the Pasadena Star News Forum
except for the most recent one. However, I have had to fight days and days,
filing complaint after complaint for them to finally remove them. I am glad they
were finally deleted, however it should NOT have taken days and days to do so.

Each day each attack forum was up, was too long. Why did I have to file
countless Feedback reports before they removed the forum I had asked them to
(when I and my blog were clearly being attacked)? I have suffered headaches,
loss of appetite, sleeplessness and extreme stress from this situation.

Attack forum #12 is the LeftWord link below. It is of the most concern, as the
troll has hacked into my Topix username and posts 3 comments with my real name
and picture. Topix must prosecute this troll for hacking my username. This is
illegal and identity theft. The Pasadena Star News Topix forums did NOTHING to
address this, left the post up for 3 days despite my numerous complaints, and
have allowed this same troll to open yet another forum.

I have screen shots saved of all 14 of the attack forums built on Topix by this
troll and would be happy to send these in to Topix. Let me know. I also have
some of them posted on a private blog, if you give me an email address I will
lead you to it.

The total of attack forums this same troll has built is now 14.

The most recent one attacks me by stealing a comment (#3) I wrote elsewhere,
skewing it, and re-posting it on this forum. It is also mocking the name of my
blog. This is a tactic this troll has used in ALL of their Topix attack forums,
lifting content from my blog (when it was open, the trolls have shut it down),
comments and commentator names from my blog, and re-posting them on Topix. Other
attack forums have threatened me and my family. Since they shut down my blog,
the trolls now lift comments from other sites, this one is from the Foothill
Cities blog, where a troll posted a scathing attack on myself.

http://www.topix.net/forum/source/pasadena-star-news/TC24N4L41SFE7JUSN - Comment
#3

I need Topix to delete this latest forum asap. I also need Topix to stop this
troll from posting any more attack forums. I need Topix to intervene here. I
also need some sort of investigation conducted into the unethical practices of
this troll.

The troll attacks on Topix were the reason I had to shut down my blog, to keep
them from lifting any more content or comments from it. Therefore, Topix is
partner in the disruption of my free speech in Pasadena.

I do not believe that Topix wants anything to do with this. I believe Topix
exists to encourage free speech and not to shut it down. And so I ask that Topix
prove this by enacting the restraints on this troll and the Pasadena Star News
Topix forums.

I need to know that this cannot happen again.

I am going to be sending a copy of this email to the other investigators I have
helping me with this nightmare.

Please get back to me with your results or further requests,

Sincerely,
Virginia Hoge
Pasadena New Progressive

Well, they didn't listen.

© 2010 Virginia Hoge




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