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What do you do when you are a famous cartoonist and people post threads about you on the internet?

Sockpuppet, of course

Oh yes.

So, over on Metafilter a thread is started about an article by Scott Adams. Plannedchaos shows up to white knight for Scott. This is easy for him to do, because he is Scott.

Some choice quotes:

Plannedchaos: When did self-promotion become a bad thing? It made Adams a multi-millionaire, enriched hundreds of people indirectly through his varous enterprises, fed his family, and generated lots of tax revenue.

I don't think self-promotion breaks any laws of man or nature. It's not forbidden in the Ten Commandments unless he becomes a religious idol. I think he stopped short of that.

Some authors need no promotion to sell their work. For others, self-promotion is an integral part of the product. It's called marketing.

Remember that Adams calls himself an entrepreneur, not an artist. So your point is that he's not dong a good job at the thing he's not trying to do?

Plannedchaos: Hey, man, I'm right behind you on this, don't apologize. If the Scott Adams brand is all about self-promotion, then I'm all about promoting the Scott Adams brand! I want to see Mr. Adams blow up big Big BIG! We're in this together, man!
posted by octobersurprise at 8:00 AM on April 15 [+] [!]

I assume you don't hate all self-promoters, such as homeless people applying for jobs. Is it Adams' enormous success at self-promotion that makes you jealous and angry?

How many people think I'm actually Scott Adams writing about myself in third person?

posted to MetaFilter by plannedchaos at 9:21 AM on April 15, 2011

I am Scott Adams.

posted to MetaFilter by plannedchaos at 11:09 AM on April 15, 2011

I'm sorry I peed in your cesspool.

For what it's worth, the smart people were on to me after the first post. That made it funnier.

posted to MetaFilter by plannedchaos at 11:49 AM on April 15, 2011

Classy guy.

Posted to unfunny_fandom because the last wank Scott was in is mentioned allllll over the place.

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vzg
2011-04-19 01:32 am UTC (link)

No one writes unless he believes that what he writes will be interesting to someone.

Yes they do. People write for the love of writing. There's a long history of writers and other types of artists who hated their own work/did not think their work was very good. And Twilight alone can prove that some people write for themselves and let it find an audience, IMO.

As someone mentioned, he has a certified genius I.Q., and that's hard to hide.

No it isn't. Hell, just down the road is an older man who I kind of wrote off as a slightly wacky neighbor for a long time, until my mother started telling me about all the great things he did before he retired. I talked to him myself and, sure, when he got on a subject he knew about/was passionate about it was obvious he was a very, very smart man, but, you know, he's still also the slightly wacky neighbor.

I think the key is not rubbing it in everyone's faces. Besides the fact that touting a "certified genius IQ" sounds ridiculous to start (it doesn't matter that it is a thing, it still sounds stupid to throw the term around like that), the attitude makes him come off as the opposite part of the Dunning-Kruger effect than the side he claims to be on.

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	ekaterinv 2011-04-19 04:59 am UTC (link)
	If I start thinking about writing for other people, I can't write a word. Of fiction, anyway -- I can write reviews or papers for professors just fine. All having a really high I.Q. score means is that you're good at taking I.Q. tests. What's "certified", anyway? It makes him sound like beef. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	oddplaces 2011-04-20 02:18 am UTC (link)
	Youguysyouguys! I have just had my Phenomenal Awesome Idea For Making Money: I am going to go into the business of certifying geniuses! The first person I'll certify will be myself, of course. Then no one can argue that I'm not qualified or that my idea is ridiculous. After that, well... $50 buys you instant Genius Cred, and the freedom to troll anyone with impunity. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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