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In response to GamePolitics requiring that all persons commenting on stories have LiveJournal accounts, Jack Thompson signed up the service using the screen name johnbthompson, although he initially deleted this account himself, and later restored it. He then created jackthompson888. What Thompson did not realize however, was that when people responded to comments that he made, he would receive an email in his inbox notifying him that he had received a comment from a user, and what that comment was. Mr. Thompson perceived it to be threats sent via LJ:
The Congress has passed and the President has signed into law a statute that makes it a crime to send harassing emails to anyone, if it is done anonymously. That means, all you little pixelantes who are sending me emails through LiveJournal and who are not also providing your names, addresses, and phone numbers are violating this criminal statute.
If you want Dennis McCauley sued for this, in order that I will then discover your true identities in order to put some of you into jail like the kid in Houston I got arrested, keep it up.
In an effort to point Mr. Thompson in the right direction, a LiveJournal user by the name of startropics replied to this post in a helpful manner.
Mr. Thompson sir, perhaps I should enlignten you as to how LiveJournal comments work, just as a courtesy. It's alright to be a little clueless, as I'm sure this is the first blog you've ever had.
When someone leaves a "comment" or reply to a statement that you have made on LiveJournal, whether as a post or a reply to a post, the user in question that is being replied to is sent an email as a courtesy to let them know that they have received a comment. The email also contains the comment in question, and an option to reply to it using the email.
Now when you were replying anonymously, you weren't receiving these emails because LiveJournal had no idea where to send the notification emails. Now it does.
If you wish to disable this function and search for replied manually, I would suggest turning off email notification. It should be in the Personal Info section. Simply uncheck Receive comment notification e-mails and you should be all set.
Don't worry, I do this sort of thing all the time for my grandfather. I help him all the time with his computer.
The gamer that cares. David Cochrane.
jackthompson888 has since been banned from posting at GamePolitics for undisclosed reasons.
Thompson has since created a new account whittakerchambe, apparently alluding to Whittaker Chambers, who was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his contribution to "the century's epic struggle between freedom and totalitarianism". Thompson claimed that he had endowed a scholarship in Chambers' name, with John Chambers' blessing. (Whittaker's son)
LMAO!!!!!
LiveJournal
In response to GamePolitics requiring that all persons commenting on stories have LiveJournal accounts, Jack Thompson signed up the service using the screen name johnbthompson, although he initially deleted this account himself, and later restored it. He then created jackthompson888. What Thompson did not realize however, was that when people responded to comments that he made, he would receive an email in his inbox notifying him that he had received a comment from a user, and what that comment was. Mr. Thompson perceived it to be threats sent via LJ:
The Congress has passed and the President has signed into law a statute that makes it a crime to send harassing emails to anyone, if it is done anonymously. That means, all you little pixelantes who are sending me emails through LiveJournal and who are not also providing your names, addresses, and phone numbers are violating this criminal statute.
If you want Dennis McCauley sued for this, in order that I will then discover your true identities in order to put some of you into jail like the kid in Houston I got arrested, keep it up.
In an effort to point Mr. Thompson in the right direction, a LiveJournal user by the name of startropics replied to this post in a helpful manner.
Mr. Thompson sir, perhaps I should enlignten you as to how LiveJournal comments work, just as a courtesy. It's alright to be a little clueless, as I'm sure this is the first blog you've ever had.
When someone leaves a "comment" or reply to a statement that you have made on LiveJournal, whether as a post or a reply to a post, the user in question that is being replied to is sent an email as a courtesy to let them know that they have received a comment. The email also contains the comment in question, and an option to reply to it using the email.
Now when you were replying anonymously, you weren't receiving these emails because LiveJournal had no idea where to send the notification emails. Now it does.
If you wish to disable this function and search for replied manually, I would suggest turning off email notification. It should be in the Personal Info section. Simply uncheck Receive comment notification e-mails and you should be all set.
Don't worry, I do this sort of thing all the time for my grandfather. I help him all the time with his computer.
The gamer that cares. David Cochrane.
jackthompson888 has since been banned from posting at GamePolitics for undisclosed reasons.
Thompson has since created a new account whittakerchambe, apparently alluding to Whittaker Chambers, who was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his contribution to "the century's epic struggle between freedom and totalitarianism". Thompson claimed that he had endowed a scholarship in Chambers' name, with John Chambers' blessing. (Whittaker's son)
LMAO!!!!!