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[olivermoss]

* If you don't know why James Somerton was trending last night you've lead a better life than me and you don't want to know. I honestly did not have 'so addicted to internet attention that he couldn't resist posting hole the same day he faked his suicide' on my bingo card. He was active on his alt accounts while HBomb, Kat and Jesse Gender were getting harassed.

Talk about showing your whole ass...

The part that gets me? With all the research HBomb and Kat did, there is a 99.9% chance they knew his alts. When Kat said she had confirmation he was alive she may have meant she'd just seen his twig and berries.

I want to ramble about a few things about this situation, but I don't really know what it's been like for those harassed or otherwise hurt in all of this. I'm just pissed at a lot of stuff. The whole Somerton situation should never have gotten as far as it did.

[edit] Council of Geeks just confirmed that they knew. So yeah, if they knew, lots knew. In situations like this, you pretty much need to keep a close eye on the person and see things you don't want to see

Comments

[muccamukk]

I keep hoping he'll go away, but he keeps not doing that.

[olivermoss]

He really needs to, for our sake and also his. He needs a long hiatus from the internet.

[dolorosa_12]

God, what a mess.

[olivermoss]

It really is. He really needs to stop.

[walgesang]

I feel like faking your own death is so LJ era... people still do that these days? I'm so behind in things going on that the only name I recognize here is Jesse Gender.

[olivermoss]

Faking your own death also just doesn't work when you post under your wallet name. the 13 year old drama llamas on LJ did it better than him.

It's a messy situation, but Hbomberguy's video on plagiarism and youtube is really good whether or not you care about what's going on

[walgesang]

Yeah, that's wild. o.O

I might check it out later, thanks.