how to get me to delete something
Once every few months or so, I get an email from some person who did something stupid, I saw it on the internet, linked to it, and used their name in my post. The email then goes on to tell me that they’re having trouble finding work, getting a date, or whatever because people google up their name and see the stupid thing they did. Typically, if someone asks nicely and their act of stupid wasn’t criminal, I’ll go to the post and delete the name. Not a big deal to me. However, when you email me saying that I have some deadline by which I must take it down or you will sue me, I’ll tell you to fuck right off. And I’ll tell you that you have a stupid lawyer. And if you keep it up, I’ll publish the post again.
November 17th, 2011 at 10:44 am
INTERESTED MINDS WANT TO KNOW!
Who’s the tard?
November 17th, 2011 at 10:54 am
I wonder if their “Lawyer” are those stupid reputation sites that we keep hearing about.
November 17th, 2011 at 11:02 am
I hope you use the correct French accent when you tell them to leave now, or you will taunt them a second time.
2:25 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7zbWNznbs
November 17th, 2011 at 11:20 am
BWAHAHAHA! Love it.
November 17th, 2011 at 11:44 am
So, you got the Jake Zweig email too huh?
November 17th, 2011 at 11:57 am
I have to say, my curiosity has been piqued now.
November 17th, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Heck, my name is so common that I could do ten stupid things a day, post them all and still not have anyone find it.
November 17th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Feel free to cut and paste my standard reply to these blowhards:
Sir or Madam:
I note your threat to sue me. A threat to sue is worth exactly zero, as is the person making the threat. If you want to sue me, file your papers and serve me with your lawsuit, which my attorneys will then evaluate, and recommend appropriate action to me.
Since you have made a threat, you are to be considered my enemy. I have two lists of enemies: those of consequence and those of no consequence. You are on the second list for now. You do not want to make it to the first list.
yours truly, etc
Then, there’s always anti-spam actions to be taken…
November 17th, 2011 at 3:56 pm
Yup.
Asking nicely works wonders.
Threats are a sign of weakness and get the target’s back up.
November 18th, 2011 at 12:29 am
NICE!!!!! Stupid People With The Old Lawyer Threat.