TehBorken wrote:
> I know you're joking, but I always liked DV and thought it was a fun place.
I'm glad you can see that it's a joke.
> I've got nothing against DV and I don't wish 'em any harm. There's probably enough room on teh intarweb for both of us.
I believe you. One of the advantages you have on this site is that it's not set up to oppose DV. You're not in competition with DV, and you didn't set this up to harm DV. (Whereas you probably know about the Montreal Guy episode... )
So I agree, there's definitely room for both sites on the Net. However, with the way DV has been going lately, I'm beginning to think that unless there's a major overhaul there, its days are coming to an end.
> Personally I hope like hell that they catch the f*cktard who's been messing with their site.
Let's be honest: We both know that there isn't an easy way of catching the culprit. So in all likelihood it won't happen. And even if they did, without a major investment of time, money, and energy, it'll be extremely difficult to bring any charges against him/her.
So I'm not holding my breath on this. I've seen this happen before: The same trick, multiple windows and porn popping up all over the place until they crash the machine... I think it was even the same site. In the end they just deleted the thread and moved on.
Thankfully my reflexes were quick enough to hit ALT-F4 as soon as I saw the unwanted pop up and got away without suffering a major trauma. So personally I'm not even annoyed at whomever did this, let alone be mad about it.
> I don't doubt whoever it is will take a stab at this place too. I think this board is considerably more secure from that kind of stuff but you never know. We'll see.
I wouldn't expect these sorts of tricks popping up here yet. For one thing, the user base is still relatively small. And for another, you have not been instigating such behavior.
The fact is with their dictatorial style and inept mods, DV has a major PR problem. They are the cause of 90% of their problems. It's my firm conviction that so long as they don't straighten out their act, they'll continue experiencing such outbursts.