Comments on: Conspiracy of One http://twopointouch.com/2006/business/conspiracy-of-one/ web 2.0, blogs and social media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:32:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Travis http://twopointouch.com/2006/business/conspiracy-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-11037 Travis Sat, 19 May 2007 17:15:02 +0000 http://twopointouch.com/2006/10/20/conspiracy-of-one/#comment-11037 Sam Vaknin, who served time in Israel for fraud, is barred from Wikipedia for: 1. attempting to use the site to pitch his books. 2. "sock-puppetry" (pretending to be a different user to simulate group consensus with him). 3. bullying those who question or disagree with him, violating a civility code at Wikipedia. Incidentally, Vaknin is also writing online diatribes against psychiatry, curious for one who aspires to be an authority, and suggesting that his homespun theories about narcissism may have finally encountered criticism from real mental health professionals. Oh, dear -- the trials of an internet poseur. Sam Vaknin, who served time in Israel for fraud, is barred from Wikipedia for:
1. attempting to use the site to pitch his books.
2. “sock-puppetry” (pretending to be a different user to simulate group consensus with him).
3. bullying those who question or disagree with him, violating a civility code at Wikipedia.

Incidentally, Vaknin is also writing online diatribes against psychiatry, curious for one who aspires to be an authority, and suggesting that his homespun theories about narcissism may have finally encountered criticism from real mental health professionals. Oh, dear — the trials of an internet poseur.

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