On April Fool's Day, Skinner posted a notice to his community entitled, Your donation dollars at work.
Here's a more legible copy of the letter which was posted in another (now deleted) thread. It is from our lawyer, and it was sent to the administrator of a website which shall remain nameless.
As you know, we take your privacy seriously. For that reason, we ask that all of our moderators sign a moderator confidentiality agreement. (You can read a copy of the agreement here.) A little more than a week ago, an anonymous person claiming to be a former moderator from DU showed up on another website.
We checked all of the claims made by that person, and found that none of our former moderators matches with the history of service claimed by this individual. It is our belief that this person was not a DU moderator. Nonetheless, on the off-chance that he or she really did serve as a mod and did sign the moderator agreement, we feel that we have an obligation to our members to make sure that the moderator confidentiality agreement is enforced. Thus, the letter below.
Protecting your privacy. Your donation dollars at work: (followed by high-res scan of letter)
Now, Skinner (David Allen) and EarlG (David Allsopp) have been made aware that Crazy Guggenheim = BigJerr, Administrator of said site "which shall remain nameless," also known as DemocraticWarrior.
They have also been made aware that they have been the recipient of donor star money that has been scammed out of DUers by at least one of Crazy Guggenheim's / BigJerr's / Jerome A. Papa's sockpuppets at DU.
It remains to be seen whether Skinner was bluffing with his lawyers' letter, or whether he meant business when he said he intends to protect his users at DU, and their privacy.
- Dave
2 comments:
How confusing. Was this whole lawsuit deal a bluff?
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That remains to be seen.
Skinner (David Allen) claims he wishes to protect his user community and their privacy.
Well, even though I think Skinner is an ineffective progressive, I do think he probably means what he says about wanting to protect his users and their privacy. I remain skeptical that his lawyers' letter to BigJerr at DW was more than a bluff.
It is time for the Admins of DU to show that they are men, and not little boys playing at being relevant in American political life.
It is also time for them to show that they mean business, and take legal steps to shut down Jerome A. Papa's fraudulent activities at DU (e.g., bumming donor stars for his numerous sockpuppets there).
- Dave
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