Re: Great SWT Program


"Andrew Thompson" <u32984@uwe> wrote in message news:76e1e5c463d54@xxxxxx
Lew wrote:
though you are the owner? :p
..
Haven't we seen this kind of ludicrous dishonesty from Vijay Kumar before, or
was that someone else pulling the old, "I found this great software (but don't
tell anyone I am the publisher)" lie?

I suspect it is any number of people. I have seen this
form of 'I found' rubbish numerous times, about numerous
different URL's.

It seems the multi-posting spammer's mistakenly think..
- ..that a second-hand report sounds more convincing
- ..that it will not be recognised for the lie that it is
(excepting perhaps by those very new to usenet -
who are sometimes fooled).

AFAIR, the term 'astro-turfing' comes close to describing
this behaviour, though usually the astro-turfer's are smart
enough to neither multi-post, nor *initiate* threads.


I also initially suspected astro-turfing, however, only closer inspection, this appears to be more of an issue of "english as a second language". When he says "Today I have downloaded a SWT Software..." I expect he is trying to say "Today I have uploaded..".

Also the line "You can customize this software, please let me know your views" implies that he would like feedback on the software (which implies he wrote it).

If he wanted to astro-turf, I would think he would be smart enough (having written the software) to use a fake email address that does not contain the same name as the one listed on his web page.


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