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Seeking Alpha Tesla troll is exposed - and it is interesting

Discussion in 'Tesla' started by el Crucero, Jul 24, 2018.

  1. el Crucero

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    learned a new word today.
     
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    if they don't get penalized, it won't end. even if they do, big oil ain't gonna give up that easily. if i were musk, i would have several bodyguards.

    it is now clear why musk dislikes the media so much.
     
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    .. and the irony is that the only lawsuit in all this is the one against Tesla / Elon for misleading investors. As far as I'm concerned there's a shortage of fair and accurate information coming out of everybody.
     
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    One of the biggest threats to Tesla is Elon's personal Twitter account!
     
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    twitter is like truth serum, refreshing.
     
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    As much fun as AM radio in a thunder storm or CB radio. CB radio, the one that works if you are close enough to roll down the window and shout.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    Hope the doxers are good at sleeping with one eye open. That's just objectively bad behavior, and it sounds like the victim now has a lot more free time.
     
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    Doxxing is a double edged sword, it swings both ways. I do think that a doxer who finds potential evidence of a 'crime' should present the evidence to the appropriate law enforcement agency rather than acting like a vigilante committee and broadcasting over the Internet.
     
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    You would first have to document the dollar value of a loss to have standing. Bad speech is not a crime unless it results in a monetary loss or injury.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    I am undoxable...checking Scrabble dictionary now
     
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    we had a doxie when i was a kid, they're not as innocent as they look.
     
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    Yes and no. Reporting the potential crime of stock manipulation via doxxing is subject to investigation with no proof of loss. Filing a lawsuit for doxxing would require evidence of financial loss.
     
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    I sign my name to each post and if asked, will provide a mailing address and URL to my last resume. I am NOT afraid of what I post because in part, I offer an apology when I screw-up. I am more interested in facts-and-data and not afraid to admit I've made a rare, error.

    So understand I don't hold other posters to my personal standard. Even paranoids have enemies.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    So... I think I need to call you on this. You've used somebody's name in your first post in this thread. Have you submitted any kind of report to any law enforcement agency?
     
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    Not 'law enforcement' but the SEC?

    Bob Wilson
     
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    I'll admit, I don't have much at stake either way... I'll accept a regulatory agency in place of law enforcement body, and i'm willing to take el Crucero's word that a report of some kind has been submitted. I just don't want to find out that he's posted some guy's name in a negative light in a vigilante fashion as referenced in post #10.
     
  19. el Crucero

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    Call me on what? His name is in the news and the appropriate authorities are aware of the situation (Elon and his lawyers for sure). I didn't out him. I know plenty of people's first and last names on this forum because they have shared them with me in a pm, but I don't use them unless they choose to use them. I respect their privacy.

    I have posted what is publicly available on the Internet and in the news. You read it and determine whether you believe it or not. I didn't proclaim the guy, Larry Fossi, guilty or not, that's for you to decide. But his name is now public, he has admitted he is MontanaSkeptic, he has shut down his accounts for whatever reason, and that is newsworthy.

    I repeat that I don't have the interest to dox anyone, I am too lazy. If I should encounter anything that appears to be suspicious, I will notify authorities (if they haven't already been notified) and let them handle it. See something, say something.
     
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  20. Leadfoot J. McCoalroller

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    I'd think it would be enough to provide a link to such news. And I thank you for doing so in that first post. It just looks like you went out of your way to literally name and shame this individual even after appropriate authority was involved. I realize everyone gets to set their own standards here, I just wish you'd consider raising yours.