Thursday, April 07, 2011

Troll's Out from Under Her Bridge Again

OK. Looks like my troll is back and she isn't going anywhere.

This should be fun. :)

In short, she tried to post a comment to an episode of The Pedaling Prince's Podium under someone else's name; I've been blocking her ever since. So she emailed me under a fake name; the following exchange ensued:
Begin forwarded message:

From: Jessica Drinkwater
Date: April 5, 2011 2:49:43 PM ADT
To: gelfling@syd.eastlink.ca
Subject: hey john, i find this upsetting :(

I've been following your videos since day 1 and i'm very upset that you blocked me from commenting because i have different opinions. I'm not saying anything
out of context, or being hateful towards you. I just have a different opinion on certain subjects and its very immature of you to block anyone who doesn't agree
with what you say. It's time to grow up and realize the whole world doesnt revolve around you and people will disagree with what you say. I did infact enjoy the
video about wentworth park and of course the spring beard trim. They were kind and upbeat videos, and around here that is exactly what we need these days.
If someday your videos ever get really popular, there will be people who don't agree with you and your going to have to start blocking thousands of people so
that nobody can say anything negative and you can remain in your perfect world. I will still watch your videos every week but wish you would reconsider what
you've done to me by blocking :( If i like your particular video i will give you props on the comments for sure! but if i dont like the video i will speak my mind,
but never in a harsh way to embarass you or anything, im not that kind of person.
Begin forwarded message:

From: "John A. Ardelli"
Date: April 5, 2011 5:27:53 PM ADT
To: Jessica Drinkwater
Subject: Re: hey john, i find this upsetting :(

On 2011-04-05, at 2:49 PM, Jessica Drinkwater wrote:

I've been following your videos since day 1 and i'm very upset that you blocked me from commenting because i have different opinions.

I have no problem with differing opinions; "cooldude6373's" opinions are still up, for example. You'll also notice I didn't post your POSITIVE comment, either. I'm blocking you because you because you tried to post to my channel under someone else's name. I KNOW "billrankin316" is you. I've been working with computers since I was 12; I know how to find out these things.

So, you want your comments up? Fine; do it under your REAL handle.

I will still watch your videos every week but wish you would reconsider what you've done to me by blocking :(

Not until you tell me who you are, how you found me and can prove your identity. If you don't want the AUDIENCE to know who you are I have no problem with that; I won't PUBLISH who you are but I will KNOW who you are before you get so much as a single comment posted.

If I seem harsh, just bear in mind that the whole "billrankin316" thing really pissed me off royally; I'm not posting another comment from you until I know, 100% certain, WHO YOU ARE. Period.

John A. Ardelli
http://pedalingprince.blogspot.com

Begin forwarded message:

From: Jessica Drinkwater
Date: April 6, 2011 3:00:23 PM ADT
To: gelfling@syd.eastlink.ca

ok, that sounds fair john, so everyone else who posts comments on your videos must abide by your rules and you MUST know 100% who they are? that is the dumbest
thing i ever heard in my life. Did cooldude tell you who he was? I somehow doubt it. I've been in sydney the past couple days and i've asked around about you. The
people i was talking to didnt have very pleasant things to say. They said if they ask you anything about your bike, you will tie them up for 45 minutes just rambling
on and on about stupid things they dont want to hear about and they will politely try to get away from you. I also heard that you call the police on your neighbors if
they're making a little bit of noise. So that just means you are a coward and a rat. I'm never watching another one of your videos again, BUT, i will be making my own
videos exposing you for being the fraud you are. The people of Cape Breton must know the truth!

Begin forwarded message:

From: "John A. Ardelli"
Date: April 7, 2011 12:30:48 AM ADT
To: Jessica Drinkwater
Subject: Re:

On 2011-04-06, at 3:00 PM, Jessica Drinkwater wrote:

ok, that sounds fair john, so everyone else who posts comments on your videos must abide by your rules and you MUST know 100% who they are?

No; just you. The others didn't try to post under someone else's name like you did.

I'm never watching another one of your videos again, BUT, i will be making my own videos exposing you for being the fraud you are. The people of Cape Breton must know the truth!

Comparing the above to your previous message:

"i will speak my mind, but never in a harsh way to embarass you or anything, im not that kind of person."

And you call ME a fraud...

John A. Ardelli
http://pedalingprince.blogspot.com
I have a feeling this is going to be wildly entertaining so keep an eye on this blog; if she has anything else to say, or if she actually follows through with her threat to make videos to "expose" me I'll post it all here.

Gotta love trolls. Free publicity for The Podium! Love it! :)

2 comments:

  1. Well John, as you know, I post comments to your blog both in my "real" name and my pseudonym and you never block me. Primarily, I suspect because if I have something negative to say (which I don't) I simply keep it to myself. But sometimes a video or blog entry just isn't interesting to me. That is to say, I personally don't really find much about trimming your beard all that unusual or enlightening. I DID watch it for the vocalization, but subject matter wasn't really relevant to me.

    So I didn't comment on it until now, because IF I CAN'T SAY SOMETHING NICE... etc.

    I don't mean to offend you by saying this, and I apologize if you took offence, but I think you know what I'm saying here...

    I don't get a lot of comments on my videos either, but I get a surprising number of hits. I take no comments as a good thing.

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  2. Why would I be offended...? :)

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