I suppose it was inevitable. The shill has arrived.
This past February borderpilot mentioned he had "Larry, Dell Customer advocate" stalking his LiveJournal. I don't have Larry (though that might change with this post, who knows?) but I have someone else.
Almost a year ago I posted about a couple sleazy advertising gimmicks. Since then, that has been the top Google result for people researching some of the same sleazy advertising. Mainly it was those folks replying, some with thanks and some with more information. Occassionally it was someone working for one of the companies trying to defend the sleazy practices, but it was an anonymous hit-and-run sort of reply.
Not any more. Now there is dazed721 with a shiny new LJ account and the sole interest of MG2. He (or she?) has been defending, or trying to defend, MG2's practices in replies to my original post. I do wonder about the name. "Dazed" just seems too apt. Is this real, or is someone try to game me?