Special 2500 pageviews!: Top 10 trolls in internerd history part 3/5

6. Jason Fortuny

The personal section of Craiglist is a favorite hangout for those with voyeuristic tendencies. It is also a great place for a troll to work. However, Jason Fortuny was the one who amped up the game. He pretended to be a "submissive" woman wanting some "rough" attention from other men. His ad got responses, and how. Men sent over photos, some of which were graphic in nature. Jason Fortuny could have laughed in his evil little head and done nothing more, but he chose to upload all the responses on the wiki HQ of trolling, Encyclopedia Dramatica. This put the married lives and the jobs of some of the respondents in danger, and he was sued as none of the respondents had actually done anything illegal.

This was a dirty trick to pull, and Jason Fortuny got trolled himself. Details of his personal life were exposed and laughed about, and posts from his personal LiveJournal blog were quoted often, and out of context. This was a classic case of self-pwnage, but taught the law enforcers and internet users a lot about trolling and internet privacy.

5. David Thorne

David Thorne drew more cash than he had from his bank account. $233.95 worth of cash more, if you want the details. A representative of the bank wrote to him, asking him to make the payment as soon as possible. David Thorne replied that he did not have the cash. He did, however, have a drawing of a spider that was worth $233.95 and he e-mailed the drawing to them hoping to settle the matter. This was the drawing, if you want the details.

Now the representative wrote back, informing Thorne very politely that the bank does not accept drawings as payment. A few mails went back and forth, and then Thorne gave it another go, sending over this drawing:

If you have an eye for details, you would have noticed the extra leg. A few typos in the reply were the only deviation that betrayed the true emotions of the ever so polite bank representative. Eventually, Thorne relented, and agreed to make the payment. The e-mails can be found at  http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html.