Blog censorship in action (slopeofhope.com)
Last week in my extended segment about blogging I wrote about Five Reasons Why Blogs Fail, and one of those reasons is censorship. A real example of censorship that I recently expierenced was on December 4th when I merely posted an opposing view on Tim Knight’s Slopeofhope stock trading blog. My comments were innocuous and non-inflammatory, but Tim got his panties in a bunch and decided to censor me by blocking my IP after making a few ad hominem attacks.
Here is a visual timeline of the events that unfolded (my user name is in the red circle, Tim Knight is in the blue circle):
First I made a post in opposition ot the prevailing bear market mentality:
I then follow up with another post recommending that someone cover their Apple short:
Fianlly Tim decides to censor me and blocks my IP which is why I am unable to make a follow up post:
There you have it folks! Censorship in action.
4 Responses to “Blog censorship in action (slopeofhope.com)”
Comment from iamned
Time December 5, 2007 at 8:27 pm
I could do that, but considering how ardent he is I probably don’t want to piss him off further.
If you google the name of his blog (sloeofhope) I already ranked my blog, so I get the last laugh.
Comment from Jack Rack
Time December 6, 2007 at 5:19 am
See if you get this post to rank #1 temporarily. Then go to his blog and post a comment to make sure that he is aware of this. That will freak him out. Haha.
Comment from Jack Rack
Time December 6, 2007 at 5:21 am
Oh wait nv, that could permanently penalize this site. Maybe if you do it the wh way you could at least get to #2 for a long time.
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Comment from SlightlyShadySEO
Time December 5, 2007 at 8:07 pm
Can you say proxy server? Come on now! Get angry!