Posted by unregistered user at 8/4/08 1:57 p.m.

this guy is a creep and a perfect metaphor for the high tech culture in seattle. i'm sure he'll get lots of job offers and maybe a book deal out of the article.

Posted by Will in Seattle at 8/4/08 2:00 p.m.

There are also WoW trolls, and by that I mean trade channel spammers.

Sadly, they're usually teens and pre-teens who crave attention.

Posted by nullbull at 8/4/08 2:14 p.m.

Hey UR - nice post! I like how you go from being digusted with the article to insulting all of Seattle high-tech culture. AWESOME! Oh, and the insinuation that he's a greedy, greedy b@stard at the end was just the icing on the cake. Not transparent AT ALL! Tut, tut, well done.

Posted by judman25 at 8/4/08 2:19 p.m.

What a weirdo.
Good job!

Posted by checkReality at 8/4/08 2:35 p.m.

True Trolls are classic sociopaths. Fortuny fancies himself a neo-vigilante, makes mistakes he will never admit, and in some cases is not even aware of. No one is that good that they can carry on indefinately.

Most trolls were never properly socialized as kids, retain the emotional IQ of one, some are even older crotchety retirees with nothing more productive to do anymore.

The worst trolls count on light or no moderation to give them a voice. They all crave attention, so not responding to them is good advice. There is a difference between calling someone out on BS, and spewing it yourself like a teenager who thrills at disruption, so they can be amused at other's expense.

Posted by unregistered user at 8/4/08 2:40 p.m.

http://www.rfjason.com

Posted by unregistered user at 8/4/08 2:58 p.m.

Hey, Monica, you're a reporter -- why not get an interview with Fortuny yourself?

Posted by voiceofcommonsense at 8/4/08 3:04 p.m.

"You squeal with delight" That says everything about a loser like this!

Posted by unregistered user at 8/4/08 3:16 p.m.

thanks nullbull. i think i captured nicely the weird proclivities of you little techie elitists who are driving up the price of everything in this town and driving real reporters out of work with all the fascinating--meaning: worthless--gadgets, widgets and search technologies you guys create while you suck all the revenue out of traditional media. please pat yourself on the back and go hang out with the kirkland creep.

you guys haven't advanced society or culture one inch.

Posted by JustRoss at 8/4/08 3:29 p.m.

The only thing that I'm sad wasn't covered is the one troll ethic: you'll never see us go after someone who has their act together. If they say or do intelligent, clever, witty, insightful things, we'll be the first to cheer and shower them with praise. We love smart people.

Translation: You'll never see us pick on the strong and the capable, and the people who have the same sense of humor that we do. We only pick on the weak and the vulnerable, especially if they have different values than us.

Great ethic, there.

Posted by unregistered user at 8/4/08 3:33 p.m.

"However, just so I can be absolutely clear about this: if you escalate a war of words with a troll, you WILL lose. We know all the tricks. We have access to all the resources. We know all the laws. We're all friends with each other. We have done this thousands of times."

Translation: "WE ARE TOTAL LOSERS WHO HAVE NO LIVES"

Clowns like this must have gotten their a**es kicked on a daily basis in high school.

Posted by Traci_UDistrict at 8/4/08 4:14 p.m.

Sociopaths.

There are trolls who exemplify the old troll tradition of playing a joke in good fun to see how long they can carry it on, who like creating fantasy characters but only as theater and not to deceive, or who can be annoying but act as good hearted pot-stirrers on forums.

BUT, the vast majority of what people call trolls are malicious loners and losers who lack the normal ability to feel true emotion, especially empathy. They are cyber-vampires leeching off the emotions of others, especially those who whom they have insulted, stalked or in any other way emotionally tortured. That is their pleasure, the suffering of others.

In the anonymity of the internet, those who are afraid of normal and healthy REAL LIFE human interaction and community and who fear to show their inner ugly faces to the light of day lest they get well-deserved ostracism for spouting slurs and epithets and acting like common criminals have found a home.

Posted by Traci_UDistrict at 8/4/08 4:19 p.m.

Oooh lookie, this soundoff on trolls has it's own unregistered troll mascot!

Posted by Catch at 8/4/08 5:28 p.m.

Malicious: yes. Losers: yes. Loners: likely, as who would want to be around them? Psychopathic: maybe. Dangerous: lol. Pathetic cowards who would never in a hundred years dare take somebody on face-to-face: absolutely. Easy to ignore: you bet.

Pax.

Posted by unregistered user at 8/4/08 6:37 p.m.

Notorious Kirkland....go outside. It would do you some good.

Posted by Panzo at 8/4/08 7:50 p.m.

Sociopaths, bullies and, in the end, cowards.

The two things they fear the most (except for running out of pimple cream) are running into someone smarter than they are and the inability to generate attention to themselves.

It's ill-intentioned behavior like this that will one day push the Internet into government moderation and the online bullies back to pulling the wings off of flies for kicks.

Posted by DB at 8/4/08 10:25 p.m.

I agree with the previous troll analysis is correct. Trolls, you are just as cowardly and infantile as someone who yells insults from a passing car. Get a life.

Posted by unregistered user at 8/5/08 12:26 p.m.

Fascinating bully mentality. If he took his "troll ethic" out on the streets, he'd wind up in prison in less than an hour -- after all, he'd spend that hour marching up and down the sidewalk, punching and yelling at people who didn't "say or do intelligent, clever, witty, insightful things" per his largely arbitrary standards.

In many ways, I feel sorry for him and people like him. They must have been so sorely abused by life in the real world that when they find a medium in which it's possible to act out without repercussions, they would rather develop a bizarre code of conduct that makes such behavior "acceptable" than attempt to establish an empathetic connection between their own pain and suffering and that which they inflict on others.

I'd still punch him in the nads if I saw him on the street, though.

Posted by Panzo at 8/5/08 12:49 p.m.

UnReg 161386 is exactly right.

Trolls lack empathy. That's what makes them sociopaths and possibly psychopaths.

Panzo's Armchair Psychology For The Not So Gifted ($19.99 at Better Bookstores) sez that trolls have the same gnawing rats in their heads as serial killers.

They wander the Internets looking for victims and attack without empathy or remorse.

I won't equate the violence that trolls do with that of a serial killer at all but the personality disorders appear the same from this armchair.

Posted by Onyotaka Lukwe at 8/5/08 8:11 p.m.

Woe, woe unto the Republic of Paxfulharem.

Posted by unregistered user at 8/5/08 8:51 p.m.

we hearts you. Pxers

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/08/05/1351217.shtml

Posted by unregistered user at 8/6/08 10:49 a.m.

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Posted by unregistered user at 8/9/08 9:53 a.m.

I luv Jason

Posted by unregistered user at 11/10/08 11:20 a.m.

Speaking of Jason Fortuny, looks like he's had plenty of criminal and civil court activity:

Kcdc-west Div (sdc) Y4-000622 01-26-2004

King Co Superior Ct 08-9-32243-8 10-23-2008

King Co Superior Ct 08-2-30301-2 09-04-2008

Pierce Co Superior 00-2-08421-3 06-02-2000

King Co Superior Ct 08-2-36569-7 10-23-2008

Pierce Co Superior 01-9-08250-8 06-22-2001

Kirkland Municipal 17424 06-12-2002

Kcdc-east Div (isq) C00006878 06-03-2004

Kcdc-east Div (ned) Y2-030364 04-24-2002

Fircrest Municipal C00035455 03-29-1999

Kirkland Municipal 16442 09-04-2001

Federal Way Muni CA0029461 05-29-2003

Kcdc-east Div (isq) I00032441 06-23-2004

Kcdc-east Div (isq) Y4-001372 03-02-2004