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Fred Cherry: A Usenet Legend
Fred Cherry is (or at least was) memorable, if nothing else. Well known for his many libelous accusations of NAMBLA membership (and Naziism), made in massive crossposts that would cover dozens of groups at a time, Fred arguably became the quintessential 1990s era troll, the man who did much define an era online. Whether or not it's an era anybody other than Mr. Cherry would have a reason to want to be around for, we'll let the reader decide. We're just here to tell our side of the story. (Note: This ring has not been abandoned. Spammers have found a way of hacking their way in to the system so
Tim Skirvin Smeared Us: A Ring for Rebuttals to the Killfile Dungeon
"Do you believe everything you read?" The sad truth is, many people online do just that, automatically taking rumors at face value, without bothering to reserve judgement until they've heard both sides of the argument. Back during the 1990s, this fact was put to effective use by an obscure freshman at the University of Illinois named Tim Skirvin, who created a site called "The Killfile Dungeon" for the purpose of defaming anybody who dared to disagree with him, being sure to set it up on a tax supported university server, good libertarian that he was. :) This ring is here to give the victims o
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