# "Ed Zotti sent you a private message on Feed Share - please respond" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 29, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686 "2010-04-29T00:07:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/21 "2010-04-29T10:33:20Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > I’m everyone’s friend, except for the son of a bitch who dreamed this up. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/22 "2010-04-29T12:21:29Z")
Apparently, Ed don’t like me.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/23 "2010-04-29T12:24:40Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Don’t take this the wrong way, but have you or the SD board made an announcement either on the boards or via email to not respond to that request? It may have gone out to thousands of people, some of whom may have taken it seriously. It was my personal e-mail list, not specific to the Straight Dope; a number of people I know through the Straight Dope happened to be on it. It may well have gone out to thousands of people. I have no obvious way to “send to all” - I’m a primitive in these matters and still use AOL. From experiment it appears I can send to blocks of a few hundred names at a time, and I should probably do so. (If someone knows a better way to do this, please advise.) I fear, however, that the worst of the damage has been done. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/24 "2010-04-29T14:26:32Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > It was my personal e-mail list, not specific to the Straight Dope; a number of people I know through the Straight Dope happened to be on it. It may well have gone out to thousands of people. I have no obvious way to “send to all” - I’m a primitive in these matters and still use AOL. From experiment it appears I can send to blocks of a few hundred names at a time, and I should probably do so. (If someone knows a better way to do this, please advise.) I fear, however, that the worst of the damage has been done. I wouldn’t worry that much about it. You got hacked, most people will likely recognize the spam for what it is. No big deal. Coulda happened to anybody. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/25 "2010-04-29T15:40:10Z")
Yep. I got one of those, thankfully I’m immediately distrustful of anytime Zotti tries to play to my emotions. As soon as as I saw the “Ed Zotti might think you said no”, it was on! Screw You, Faux-dZotti, you don’t get to play with my emotions that way! Plus if he wanted to be my friend, he’d friend me on The Dope. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/26 "2010-04-29T16:36:51Z")
Oooh, Ed Zotti is still on AOL! I’m gonna TELL! ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/27 "2010-04-29T16:37:50Z")
I automatically delete anything in my Inbox that looks the least bit suspicious. I figure if it’s important, there are other ways to contact me. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/28 "2010-04-29T18:49:48Z")
AOL? What is that? Is that what they call two tin cans and a piece of string? ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/29 "2010-04-29T19:14:03Z")
You mock, but I believe in simple things, and you can’t find a better example of simple than a user of AOL. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/30 "2010-04-30T00:23:23Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > You mock, but I believe in simple things, and you can’t find a better example of simple than a user of AOL. Whoa! And he does straight lines as well as the straight dope. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/31 "2010-04-30T00:40:25Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > You mock, but I believe in simple things, and you can’t find a better example of simple than a user of AOL. Sure you can. A chocolate eating shrimp boat captain. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686/32 "2010-05-01T02:35:26Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > AOL? What is that? Assholes On Line… 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-zotti-sent-you-a-private-message-on-feed-share-please-respond/537686.md?page=1)