It seems the smear has stopped, not sure if the lawyer talked to Google yet or not. It could have been the FBI and Infragard, I sent them the logs from my websites. When I talked to the Agent he felt it was clearly a hate issue and he would look into the matter.
All just goes to show how one insecure person will go to stop or try to hold onto control of a site and the people who use it. I had a admirer from some little town called Surrey in Canada visiting my site repeatedly and the about me pages quite a bit. Also someone from Irvine and West Hollywood, "Maywood" seemed to also enjoy my work. All right around the time the smear blog began, interesting timing.
I will email the 40+ people who contacted me and let them know there is a place where they can meet old friends from photoSIG. Some of the ban or people who have left photoSIG are gathering at Flicker Ex-Siggers hang out and picture exchange and conversation. Not a replacement but a place where some can meet others since they are no longer allowed on photoSIG. For some a replacement since they are ban, others a place where you can speak freely and without interruption.
I am sorry that you got to deal with forum yuck. I've done it more than once in the past - mostly on poetry forum - which is by the time you got to know me you found that I am non-committal about issues - not worth my time or energy.
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you are blogging!!
Do you get my message about all that is going on with my photography?
I am done dealing with the issue, let the site members be their own judge. It was all a sad mistake that should never have happened. Me for being childish, another person for over reacting and accusing the wrong person and posting a link to a test website.
ReplyDeleteSad thing Gary Petersen got caught in the middle and was not treated fairly. But it is just a digital photo website and in real life does not really mean as much as some value it as, based on the attacks.
Live and learn, Onwards ...