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Maybe ALL members over there are actually Dr. MAS himself. Maybe MAS stands for "Multiple Avatar Syndrome".
 
El Greco said:
Maybe ALL members over there are actually Dr. MAS himself. Maybe MAS stands for "Multiple Avatar Syndrome".
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I can't find the exact post to link to it, but someone else pointed out that MAS does actually stand for something like "multiple access system" and refers to a computer programme operated by a number of people (or something like that). There was then a half-acknowledgement by one of the MAS collective that that was exactly what was going on here.

Though how that squares with almost all the pictures of "Dr. MAS" being of the same person, and him looking much too young to be the late-fifties guy with grown-up grandchildren he claims to be, I really don't know.

Rolfe.
 
Not all of this speculation seems to matter much anyway. That forum seems to be exceedingly quiet these days - not many homeopaths, real OR fake, making many posts over there more recently...

Come to think of it, the Pakistani homeopaths have gone exceedingly quiet on THIS forum too. Even Kumar is way down on his posting-of-nutbaggery rate...






[sound of crickets]






Hmmmmmm....
 
I'm really disapointed.

I had a whole thread taking the rise and I don't get a MAS doppleganger.

Sadly the thread has been consigned to the JREF dungeons only to glumly watch as Elton John totally copied REO Speedwagon passes by for its regular exercise.

BTW, congratulations to insomneac for not only the first bump of the month but also his/her 50th post. Well done :)
 
Zep said:
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Come to think of it, the Pakistani homeopaths have gone exceedingly quiet on THIS forum too. Even Kumar is way down on his posting-of-nutbaggery rate...
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Hmmmmmm....
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Well we shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that the correlation means anything ;)
 
I find my imposter over on the NHC Pakistan forums to be witty, urbane and handsome.
 
Rolfe said:
I can't find the exact post to link to it, but someone else pointed out that MAS does actually stand for something like "multiple access system" and refers to a computer programme operated by a number of people (or something like that). There was then a half-acknowledgement by one of the MAS collective that that was exactly what was going on here.

Though how that squares with almost all the pictures of "Dr. MAS" being of the same person, and him looking much too young to be the late-fifties guy with grown-up grandchildren he claims to be, I really don't know.

Rolfe.
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This thread from otherhealth (see posts 16 and 18) seems to indicate that anybody can pretend to be MAS. So who knows and frankly, at this point, who cares. They were getting so repetitive and obvious. I'm sure that they, along with Kumar will turn up again at some point; hopefully with wall clocks for each of us! That would be sweet. :D
 
Perpetual Notion said:
They were getting so repetitive and obvious.
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Yea, but I got the impression we were attending some kind of online course. Distance homeopathy certification from Pakistan via the JREF forums or the like. After reading all that, I at least expected to get some kind of certificate of participation! Did I miss an assignment. Was I tardy too many times? Did I fail an exam? Maybe I just didn't pay my fees on time.

I'm so disillusioned. Curse you, Sally Struthers!
 
Perpetual Notion said:
This thread from otherhealth (see posts 16 and 18) seems to indicate that anybody can pretend to be MAS. So who knows and frankly, at this point, who cares. They were getting so repetitive and obvious. I'm sure that they, along with Kumar will turn up again at some point; hopefully with wall clocks for each of us! That would be sweet. :D
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I see from the dates of those posts that the account called "Dr MAS" shows evidence of multiple users and frankly weird board etiquette from a long time before he/they appeared here.
 
Kumar is already back. I guess noone on sciforum will play with him. Honey, how can we miss you if you won't go away.
 
Rolfe said:
I can't find the exact post to link to it, but someone else pointed out that MAS does actually stand for something like "multiple access system" and refers to a computer programme operated by a number of people (or something like that). There was then a half-acknowledgement by one of the MAS collective that that was exactly what was going on here.

Though how that squares with almost all the pictures of "Dr. MAS" being of the same person, and him looking much too young to be the late-fifties guy with grown-up grandchildren he claims to be, I really don't know.

Rolfe.
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*drums fingers on tables*

I hate repeating myself, but guys I've said before that it's almost certain to be a prank, a group of young people (or one pretending to be many) all trolling at once to get their jollies, who neither know nor care about homeopathy in the slightest. The fact that your names are now appearing on the "opposing" board just further indicates that this is likely to be the truth... Expect posts made here to eventually appear over there to further push an inter-board flame war.

A very simple Google search, for "Troll FAQ" pulls up plenty of links to both examples of and lessons in how to be a Troll. Have a good long look at them; it's one of the reasons why I personally try and avoid serious debate online. A large proportion of the time, even if your opponent is honorable, one of these wandering cheesenozzles will come by and distract and/or destroy the debate anyway... and the other times, your opponent IS that cheesenozzle.

For instance, look at this thread below; it takes me just a few posts to unmask Riddick as a Counter Strike playing, bored teenager who is just trolling the JREF for reactions;

http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=57124&highlight=Riddick

I'll bet he's not even a Christian. Whilst most of the regulars here (II, LG, Iacchus et all) are genuinely deluded nutters, there's your Riddicks, your 1inChrist's... and now the endless Dr MAS's. How does it square with the pictures of him? It's all very, very easy. It's a stolen identity... The fact that it's clearly not of a 50 year old man isn't important; indeed this just get's you reacting to the lie... and it's the reaction they are after. Not the truth. Which is what gave them away to me so very, very quickly.
 
P.S.A. said:
[BI've said before that it's almost certain to be a prank, a group of young people (or one pretending to be many) all trolling at once to get their jollies, who neither know nor care about homeopathy in the slightest.[/B]
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I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but one of the reasons MAS was accepted here at face value was that he was already a very known quantity on the homoeopathy boards, and if that was all a troll then he/they are mega experts.

Which may of course be the case.

Rolfe.
 
Rolfe said:
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but one of the reasons MAS was accepted here at face value was that he was already a very known quantity on the homoeopathy boards, and if that was all a troll then he/they are mega experts.

Which may of course be the case.

Rolfe.
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Rolfe, when you mention the MAS crew and "mega experts" in the same post, it scares me!

But I think you're right. It would take a lot of hard work to troll like that if they did not believe in homeopathy or care about homeopathy at all.
 
Rolfe said:
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but one of the reasons MAS was accepted here at face value was that he was already a very known quantity on the homoeopathy boards, and if that was all a troll then he/they are mega experts.

Which may of course be the case.

Rolfe.
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Oh, I don't deny that his initial welcome was reasonable. But trolls are always convincing at first; Partly because of that initial welcome which people tend to give, partly because people automatically assume that later confusion or dishonestly is an honest mistake. And you can coast a very, very long way on people's basic decency and trust, without making the slightest effort to do so... For instance, right here you are appearing to be assuming the Dr MAS over there is the same Dr MAS that came here. In a thread in which people discuss their own names appearing over there, no less; Identity theft is one of the trolls most favourite toys, because it annoys people intensly, and means any negative feedback from that gets heaped onto your innocent victims name/email too. Dr MAS may in fact be a victim of this tactic too... the alienated and mad are always much fun to use, because they are likely to get particularly upset, and at the same time lack the public support or personal withal to strike the troll back.

Or he may just be appearing sane over there because homeopaths are easy to fool, or the more brilliant impressionist happens to be on the account more often, where as here we get the trolling rejects. Either way, the account here, along with most of the people who came in on the same wave as him (Non-Sense Homeopath for one... who then argues for homeopathy? And has a sig declaring his supposed identity whilst playing games of "You can't guess who I am!"...? Could it be any more blantant?) is clearly now just trolling for reactions. The truth of what exactly is going on at his keyboard is irrelevant, "Dr MAS" here is a no good, dirty troll.
 
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For instance, right here you are appearing to be assuming the Dr MAS over there is the same Dr MAS that came here. In a thread in which people discuss their own names appearing over there, no less;
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Well, there was more to it than that. The "Dr. MAS" on H'pathy had lamented several times in public that he was being blocked from joining this forum. Apparently because he kept fouling up the application, it seems. MRC_Hans then agreed to put in a good word for him with Darat and his application was subsequently accepted. So if it's not at least a subset of the same person, that's a big coincidence.

However, it also seems clear that more than one person is posting as "Dr. MAS" wherever that name appears, so it's a complicated issue. And in one complication, on one of the homoeopathy boards the avatar picture accompanying the user name is of a very different person from the avatar here (which matches all the pictures of "Dr. MAS" which have been linked to).

The only thing for sure is that the JREF forum is a late event for the "Dr. MAS" personality, which has become well established on several homoeopathy boards over the past few years.

Rolfe.
 
Hydrogen Cyanide said:
They made one up for me too... and I am also very silent there. I'll take that as evidence that I have annoyed them.
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Well, someone is posting pretending to be me.

I am going to take a guess that it is the person posting as Qureshi1_78 on JREF. He seems to have responded to me (as me?) from a post I made.

Truly shows how dishonest these Pakistani quacks can be:
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_30-5-2005_pg7_36

Their brilliance is so underwhelming.
 
I've been on this forum for years and I don't have a single impersonator! Boo!

Should have called it "homopathy."
 
Looking through the JREF members list, there seem to be a great many in the "New Blood" category with no, or few posts.

I find myself wondering how many are "sleeper" accounts who can be activated as required.
 
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