LOL!

[silversolitaire]

Some guy called Idetrorce is going around commenting on random posts with the exact same line everywhere:

very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce

I got such a comment on a post that didn't even have an opinion to agree or disagree with, so I immediately knew it was just some serial commenter. Then I googled the name and got lots of other posts where he commented exactly that! I wonder if this is some sort of social experiment? Has anybody else gotten comments like that? Hmmmm...

Comments

[godtrip.livejournal.com]

Just got one myself. I found your post searching for his "name".

Here's where they commented on my post.
http://godtrip.livejournal.com/79451.html

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Haha cool! XD (also eerie how fast Google is O.o)

It's interesting what people are inclined to answer when someone flatters them "very interesting", but then disagrees! I'm pretty sure it's either a troll or indeed a social experiment! Hope we'll get to see some answers eventually! :3

[alivicwil.livejournal.com]

I got one too, and found this post the same way :)

My post is here (http://alivicwil.livejournal.com/244834.html) - not much to agree or disagree with

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Yeah that really is the tip-off for most people it seems. When someone disagrees to you posting pictures of your cat or whatever it does seem just the slightest bit odd! XD

About this commenter...

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, I'm Chris from angryseafood.com and I wrote up a post about this guy and I included a link to this entry here. Seems our friend has been popping up all over the place.

I'll be doing a follow-up on Monday. If you want to offer up a quote let me know at thetuna666 at yahoo dot com and I will include you in the post. :)

[timidity.livejournal.com]

i have, on my writing journal.
i'm quite an obscure lj-user, so i'm surprised he found me.

i just thought it was someone who hasn't got a life and has far too much free time. x)
-isn't really bothered-

http://paperthickskin.livejournal.com/5058.html#cutid1

i thought it was one of my friends at first, as it seems like a name that one of them could have come up with, then changed my mind and googled him. then again, there isn't much to disagree or agree with in my post, apart from whether regrets last or not. i'd've felt like i bit of an idiot if i replied to the comment. i probably wouldn't have had an answer anyway. >>;

(and yay for house m.d. and torchwood!)

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Haha yes, good thing you didn't bother to compose a reply then. Not like anybody would have received it anyway.

(Yay! And yay for Heroes too! :B)

[timidity.livejournal.com]

too true.

(you have very good choice in t.v. shows. =D and icons. it's way too late for me to laughing loudly in my house, but still.)

[kressel.livejournal.com]

Hi. I hope you don't mind my breezing by your journal this way, but I got a comment from him this morning. My journal is very religious, so I get disagreement all the time. Now that I know this is just some random commentor, I think the whole thing is pretty funny!

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Haha yes! It is kinda funny isn't it? Especially when it's totally surreal, the kinds of things he seems to be disagreeing with! X3

[kressel.livejournal.com]

Is it all right with you if I link to your post on my journal? I suppose all this publicity is exactly what "Idetrorce" wants, but he made me laugh instead of getting me angry, so I'm willing to give it to him.

[desh79.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he commented on one of my posts - I was immediately suspicious because it didn't seem entirely appropriate, so I googled his name and found numerous articles about him (including this LJ post, which is why I'm here).

It's definitely a bot of some sort. Anyway, I've briefly mentioned him/her/it & linked to the article from Angryseafood in my LJ.

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it really has to be a bot as he/she/it seems to be extremely prolific. I just wonder what's behind it. Merely testing how well it works or actually social experiment? We may never know... hmmmmmm...

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

The best suggestion I've seen is that it's someone testing a bot

[silversolitaire.livejournal.com]

Aw man, I hope it's more than just testing bot software. That's so... mundane and unmysterious (is that even a word?).

[hellenebright.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you'd really like it to be someone like the guys with the cement teddybear - or a flash mob - or something *interesting*

bot test? or be-in? hmmm...

[pilarkristine.livejournal.com]

...But look, ya'll. Look how he's (HE??) brought all of us _together_.

Sigh.