QUOTE(maggot3 @ Thu 26th March 2009, 4:02am)
Also describing a google bomb to attempt to defame somebody as "harassment" really isn't so far off the mark that it requires holding a grudge for however long.
YES IT IS! I did NOT attempt to defame the university president. I did not announce to the world that he was a ____. It was at first a private joke that I told to nobody (a few family members, but that's all), then it was something I revealed to a few more people for a short period in March 2006, and shortly afterward the Googlebomb was disabled altogether and was gone from existence. All the fuss on Wikipedia, my blog post about it, etc. happened afterward.
Two questions for you:
1) a) Googlebombers linked the names of George W. Bush and Michael Moore to "miserable failure." Was that harassment?
b) Googlebombers linked the name of Tony Blair to "liar". Was that harassment?
c) Googlebombers linked the name of Italy's premier Silvio Berlusconi to "buffone" which means "clown" in their language. Was that harassment?
2) a) Suppose I write on a password protected site, to which only I have the password, that "maggot3 is a nincompoop." I leave it up indefinitely and nobody knows the difference. Is that harassment?
b) I let a few friends in on the joke (say I give them the password). Some of the friends reprimand me, and I go no further. You never find out about it. Is that harassment?
These things used to happen all the time before Google killed Googlebombs. It's not harassment. It's not even close. It's not in the same ballpark. Sorry, I reject your assertion to the ccontrary.