Ahhhh... Attack of the sillies.
Dec. 10th, 2003 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Somebody posted an argument against PPT here. What she says agrees with what I've heard from other people, and so far nobody has even tried to show actual proof that she's wrong. So I'm inclined to agree with her.
However, she posts, and gets attacked by the dreaded sillies.
1. Okay, Ms. Anonymous poster? I don't think you're actually the person you claim to be... I've spoken to someone else who I believed was Shoomlah, and she did not resort so quickly to crude invectives.
2. Crediting the site does NOT mean you have permission to use the images from neopets. Posting "used with permission" also does NOT mean you actually have permission. The ToS specifically forbids using images on sites with ads. Furthermore, you can find hosts that don't put ads on your site.
3. Spyware isn't the same as viruses, so please stop saying "I haven't gotten a virus yet!!!"
4. There are other sites which do many of the same things PPT does. When people have repeatedly mentioned the names of such sites, claiming you "never saw a link to one of those sites in the arguments" is a bit silly. When people have, in fact, posted a few links (I know I had), it's not silly, it's stupid.
1. Neocolours
2. Neoitems
3. Neoholic
4. Neononsense
5. Soupfaerie
There are other sites, feel free to post including them (I don't have the soupfaerie URL, and feel I should include it for completeness, if somebody could post it?)
I have found those sites to 1. be very good at what they do 2. do so better than PPT, especially neoholic and 3. NO POPUPS!
5. Just because somebody posts there under the name borovan does NOT mean that Adam posts there. It's called lying.
6. Plenty of people store credit card numbers on their computers. It's called SHOPPING ONLINE or BANKING ONLINE or PAYING BILLS ONLINE.
7. If every site you go to has massive popups, you have problems. One should not have to download a popup blocker to go to PPT when there are other sites they can go to which are just as good (in fact, in some ways better) AND DO NOT HAVE POPUPS OR SPYWARE.
8. No matter WHICH side you're on, posting stupid flames and insults is childish. If you must insult somebody, do so intelligently... it's so much more condescending ;)
However, she posts, and gets attacked by the dreaded sillies.
1. Okay, Ms. Anonymous poster? I don't think you're actually the person you claim to be... I've spoken to someone else who I believed was Shoomlah, and she did not resort so quickly to crude invectives.
2. Crediting the site does NOT mean you have permission to use the images from neopets. Posting "used with permission" also does NOT mean you actually have permission. The ToS specifically forbids using images on sites with ads. Furthermore, you can find hosts that don't put ads on your site.
3. Spyware isn't the same as viruses, so please stop saying "I haven't gotten a virus yet!!!"
4. There are other sites which do many of the same things PPT does. When people have repeatedly mentioned the names of such sites, claiming you "never saw a link to one of those sites in the arguments" is a bit silly. When people have, in fact, posted a few links (I know I had), it's not silly, it's stupid.
1. Neocolours
2. Neoitems
3. Neoholic
4. Neononsense
5. Soupfaerie
There are other sites, feel free to post including them (I don't have the soupfaerie URL, and feel I should include it for completeness, if somebody could post it?)
I have found those sites to 1. be very good at what they do 2. do so better than PPT, especially neoholic and 3. NO POPUPS!
5. Just because somebody posts there under the name borovan does NOT mean that Adam posts there. It's called lying.
6. Plenty of people store credit card numbers on their computers. It's called SHOPPING ONLINE or BANKING ONLINE or PAYING BILLS ONLINE.
7. If every site you go to has massive popups, you have problems. One should not have to download a popup blocker to go to PPT when there are other sites they can go to which are just as good (in fact, in some ways better) AND DO NOT HAVE POPUPS OR SPYWARE.
8. No matter WHICH side you're on, posting stupid flames and insults is childish. If you must insult somebody, do so intelligently... it's so much more condescending ;)
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Date: 2003-12-10 08:10 pm (UTC)What I find funny is that all of the posters on the PPT side (save for a small few) have been unable to GET TO THE POINT. They seem to be VERY uninformed, and they're flamers. Not GOOD flamers, suckyfucky ones! Arrr!
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Date: 2003-12-10 08:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-10 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-10 08:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-10 08:44 pm (UTC)*glomp* I appreciate you taking the time to think out your reply in what I had said. So very few people other than you even bothered with that. *shakes head*
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Date: 2003-12-10 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-11 03:11 am (UTC)Anon is def. not Shroomlah. Shroomie's got an IQ at least 50 points higher, and that's giving the anon a lot of credit.
The idea that it was because of PPT that Neopets officialized the forgotten pets is idiocy when Neocolours exists. Ha. :D
And that's my two cents on the matter. The thread did make for an interesting read though.
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Date: 2003-12-11 05:27 am (UTC)Yeah, yeah I know, it is silly and doesnt add to the discussion, but it is SO much fun *giggles*
PPT trolls cant address the immediate claims because most of what Cyn posted they had NO idea about. Im guessing she caught them with their pants down so to speak, and their silly little attempts at insults and beating around old arguments is the best that they can come up with *grin*
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Date: 2003-12-10 08:10 pm (UTC)What I find funny is that all of the posters on the PPT side (save for a small few) have been unable to GET TO THE POINT. They seem to be VERY uninformed, and they're flamers. Not GOOD flamers, suckyfucky ones! Arrr!
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Date: 2003-12-10 08:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-10 08:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-10 08:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-10 08:44 pm (UTC)*glomp* I appreciate you taking the time to think out your reply in what I had said. So very few people other than you even bothered with that. *shakes head*
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Date: 2003-12-10 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-11 03:11 am (UTC)Anon is def. not Shroomlah. Shroomie's got an IQ at least 50 points higher, and that's giving the anon a lot of credit.
The idea that it was because of PPT that Neopets officialized the forgotten pets is idiocy when Neocolours exists. Ha. :D
And that's my two cents on the matter. The thread did make for an interesting read though.
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Date: 2003-12-11 05:27 am (UTC)Yeah, yeah I know, it is silly and doesnt add to the discussion, but it is SO much fun *giggles*
PPT trolls cant address the immediate claims because most of what Cyn posted they had NO idea about. Im guessing she caught them with their pants down so to speak, and their silly little attempts at insults and beating around old arguments is the best that they can come up with *grin*