WHAT THE HECK!!??!

“i went onto a thread and this was at the top of the recent poesters list....


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i immediately drank a shot of jim bean and threw the glass at the wall....


seemed appropriate at the time....”

“Sounds like you bookmarked a page that doesn't exist anymore due to the posts disappearing naturally over time.”

“ban violin!”

“

"ban violin!"
ScorchFire

Forget it, ScorchFire. Much as violin deserves it, Matt will not ban his brother!”

“his brother?”

“ban matt!”

“So does that mean bacpac is Matt's sister?”

“don't insult matt like that”

“I wasn't insulting him...I was speculating...maybe I just uncovered a great TT mystery.”

“I figure that Matt would have banned him long ago, unless they are related.”

“Trolls will make Matt rich. He does not want to ban any of them. A number of people here simply cannot resist posting each time a troll appears. Their threads expand rapidly. But, usually, it's not the same with trip reports and other backpacking related threads.

Activity increases the value of this site. As such advertising space can become more expensive. William Hung came here asking, "Have you seen my new video? I want to make it in the music business." He further stated, "I researched what internet sites had high traffic and this one has high traffic. I'm promoting my site as part of the $25,000 music deal I sign."

Bucks count! So, with all the activity that violin, bacpac and a few others generate, Matt is not going to bother them, let alone, ban them.”

“i don't really think that was william hung lol”

“lol....

i have noticed some new ads on here. i was thinkig the same thing BC. hey, i say good for matt. he should give us some of the money though.....

seemd fair, dontcha think?”

“I didn't think he was either, at first. But he was promoting his site and he did refer to the high traffic here. He did not get too mach of a response and I have not seen him return. A troll probably would have tried to generate more activity.”

“yeah....

i have noticed a couple trolls that "reccomend" a certain product or piece of gear and they seemed a little too salesmanlike...

i'm sure matt has a way to deal with that sort of thing.....


so anyways, what about that WARNING i got?”

“strat - errors like that in your web browser aren't from a virus.”

“Don't believe him strat. I hijacked your machine. You've been sending out gay Polynesian bondage spam since yesterday.

Not only would cousin matt not ban me, he sends me a monthly royalty check.”

“DOH!


i guess that explains all those e-mails from hawaii asking me if i liked to tie up guys to a roasted pig on the beach.....”