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nicksan
18th of May 2009 (Mon), 19:38
OK, it looks like someone's just jerking people that have Zenfolio galleries around...or it could just be me and I really do have a secret admirer/stalker!

I got a few more messages:

Similar to the first one, a little different in the end. But similar enough that these are prefabricated messages...

A new entry #2 was added to the guestbook on your Zenfolio Home Page (http://nicksan.zenfolio.com/) by Your photos are terrible on 18-May-09 18:58 -0400:

You post on POTN, and you probably have $15,000 worth of cameras and lenses, but your photos are uniformly pedestrian. You have absolutely no eye for composition nor do you have any clue how to produce a photograph with any visual impact.

I have never seen so many boring galleries of simply awful photos.

I hope you enjoy lugging around all that equipment to make your lousy photos. You'd be better off with a Brownie Starflash.

Seriously, your photos stink. I don't think anyone else on your forums would give you an honest evaluation, but it's the truth. It's OK just to be addicted to buying expensive gear, but don't be a clown and make all these galleries of your really bad photos as if you have something to show off.

You don't have a clue. No one good photo in the whole gallery.




A new entry #2 was added to the guestbook of the Public Galleries group by Cocko on 18-May-09 19:22 -0400:
Doesn't your lack of self-awareness bother you? Don't you realize it probably extends to other areas of your life?
Did you ever watch "American Idol" and laugh at the no-talent "singer" who has no idea that he's terrible, and everybody laughs at him too? And the guy is actually angry because he thinks he's good??
That singer is YOU, a bozo with $20,000 worth of cameras who can't take a picture.


Well...it forced me to turn off accepting any comments from unregistered visitors. Ah well...not a big deal really. I should have turned it off anyways because comments tend to be pretty useless. (Just look at Flickr comments! ;-) )

I also emailed Zenfolio support, and they replied like in 3 minutes. Wow. They want links in my gallery where the comments were left.

:D

Depth
18th of May 2009 (Mon), 19:47
Looks like you have a secret admirer :p

Clint
18th of May 2009 (Mon), 19:49
Your site is very nice, people that do or say things like that are jealous, people that do such things need an evaluation on their own life. It's like Momma always said " If you ain't got nothin nice to say, don't say anything at all." These people or person is a COMPLETE IDIOT, they need GOD in their life, pray for them.

Laramie
18th of May 2009 (Mon), 20:10
Seems like weird spam to me. There's no point to it (other than the attitude).

I'd say somebody playing a joke or somebody you really ticked off ;)

nicksan
18th of May 2009 (Mon), 20:29
Zenfolio said they have blocked the IP address of the offender. See how long that lasts...Amazing support response time though. Thumbs up from me!

Tee Why
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 01:58
Sounds like some d-bag with too much free time to me.

deletedpenguin
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 04:09
Ok, who have you pissed off recently? :p

cgatto
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 07:46
Someone has it out for you dude! Crazy. I can't believe someone would waste that much time writing all of these messages. "Get a life" comes to mind.

In2Photos
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 08:13
Sorry Nick, I couldn't help it. Won't happen again! :oops:






























:p

nicksan
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 08:54
Jealousy will get you nowhere I tell ya!:lol:;)
Sorry Nick, I couldn't help it. Won't happen again! :oops:






























:p

egordon99
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 09:22
I think someone is pissed they can't afford the 200/2 :lol:

Yeah, I'm pissed I can't afford one, but it wasn't me writing those comments, I LOVE LOVE LOVE your photography :)

Sorry you have a weirdo stalker....

BluewookieJim
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 09:45
Wow. I hope I can make my zenfolio galleries so boring, awful, and pedestrian someday.

R i c h
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 11:56
I think this might just be an elaborate marketing scheme by Nicksan to get more visitors to his Zenfolio page... :)

mbellot
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 12:13
I think this might just be an elaborate marketing scheme by Nicksan to get more visitors to his Zenfolio page... :)

+1 for driving traffic

:p

nicksan
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 12:21
Man...can't put anything past you guys eh?
:lol:;)
I think this might just be an elaborate marketing scheme by Nicksan to get more visitors to his Zenfolio page... :)

+1 for driving traffic

:p

inthedeck
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 12:31
Dude, might want to remove your address from your page. That's a rather sketchy situation...but, best of luck to you.

If you want to send the 200 f/2 down my way, to keep it 'protected' I'd be 'more' than willing to help. :lol:

nicksan
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 13:03
Ugh...I guess it's reading it in through the EXIF. I don't see my address on the home page, but I do see it in individual images.

That's gonna be a lot of work! :lol::(
Dude, might want to remove your address from your page. That's a rather sketchy situation...but, best of luck to you.

If you want to send the 200 f/2 down my way, to keep it 'protected' I'd be 'more' than willing to help. :lol:

inthedeck
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 13:15
Well, let's just hope the stalker isn't too bright...and 'far' away. ;)

yogestee
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 23:08
I've had a couple of similar comments over the years on my Pbase galleries from "Guests".. I ignore them, not allowing these wankers to get under my skin..They are only trying to drag you down to their level..

Depth
19th of May 2009 (Tue), 23:09
I've had a couple of similar comments over the years on my Pbase galleries from "Guests".. I ignore them, not allowing these wankers to get under my skin..They are only trying to drag you down to their level..

... and then beat you with experience ;)