Posted by MB on July 10, 2003, at 10:18:40
In reply to Here are her posts from April, posted by Jack Smith on June 30, 2003, at 13:51:18
I don't blame her for being secretive or "cryptic" on the internet. I remember years ago on A.S.D.M. (Usenet), a couple of really bizzare and caustic trolls ("A. Chimlewsky" and "Flight of the Phoenix") really harrassed her...it got creepy, there were death threats and sexual verbal abuse. With what they were saying, I was always surprised that the FBI didn't do something about it. I mean, it got *weird*. I think she stopped using her last name around the time it started, but these trolls knew what it was, and it must have been really freaky for her. I got into "debates" a couple of times with these guys, but their scathing diatribes were so hebephrenic, that one couldn't get anywhere with them. I couldn't take it anymore, A.S.D.M. was bacically ruined by these guys...I chose the enforced civility of this board over the off-task anarchy on A.S.D.M. There were no longer informative discussions about medications, just endless fights between these trolls and "LostBoyinNC" who never really got anywhere with these disturbed posters, either. I think Elizabeth moved over here around the same time I did...maybe some time before. I don't know. Those were strange times.
Elizabeth, if you're reading this, sorry about talking about you like a you are a famous icon...but, in this small, electronic microculture, you kinda are famous.
MB
> The first post she never answered. I wonder if she is trying to be cryptic. Moreover, I wonder if she knows that she has gained near legendary status among anyone doing research on the internet on treatment resistant depression. She has so many archived messages on the subject. I almost feel bad that I never got to ask her any questions--she was before my time.
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> JACK
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