People actually think like that

[Raymond]

Received a comment on the blog today morning.

Syed -- (xxxxxxxxx@aou.edu.sa) 159.0.54.74 12 hours ago

how much do you get for selling our emails?
2 yrs of waiting and this? expected some thing else. Ray, im disappointed. This tool is use less. Sorry. But truth is truth.
I miss those old days.
by the way, nice try to improve your alexa rating, but i doubt.
i was very happy to see X-Ray in my email which i've subscribed to your site. but really, disappointing.
Sorry if i hurt you.

My reply. I am surprised that I even care to send an email to explain.

Dear Syed,

Normally I do not care about comments posted by people like you
because you say things blindly without thinking twice and without
concrete proof.

I have never sold anyone's email address before. You are blatantly
accusing me of doing something that I've never done before. Where's
your proof?

If the tool is useless to you, it may be useful to others. There is no
need to behave so selfishly.

Thirdly, releasing this tool has got nothing to do with improving
Alexa rating. You probably know nothing about it.

I am not hurt nor disappointed that you're disappointed. Just trying
to see if I can knock some sense into you but probably it's useless
because people like you think that you pay us a lot of money to keep
you entertained but in fact everything is free.

Syed's reply to my email.

Well well, some body sounds angry. Chill dude. I thought that you wouldn't take this into concern, but nice.
Ok, I believe what you say, but this doesn't look *ray-ish*. did you do a survey before making this software? and why didn't you post my comment on your site? probably you did that in the star forum and asked those guys what to do. Hence this email.
May be you too are correct. Maybe I'm selfish. I just got carried away. After looking at the email, I was sort of very happy I felt like at last!! And after checking what it is......
Yes I'm accusing you, I am a consumer, and hence, I have the benefit of doubt. what is the proof that YOU aren't selling our emails instead?
I do know that your software is free. do I sound so dumb? and fyi, I haven't paid for any software till now. I manage me work with free software. ONLY. i use opera, chrome, star office, gimp, etc.
And how many downloads have been hit of that software of yours, when you say that I'm selfish?
why didn't you send me email directly? Are you scared that I will spam you? its good to be on a safer side. i like your thinking.
you remember the live support that you introduced some years before? That rocked man. I loved that idea, but why did you need to shut it down? I know that you have priorities, but Members from the forum could help you. You could select some reliable members from the forum.
Thanks for replying.

I give up trying to convince Syed. Probably he's still a kid.

[Kees]

My well-meant respect, Ray, that you went to the trouble of answering.

It is a bit the problem of the world-wide-web, I guess, that people (some of them) say things to others they would not dream to say in real life. And also, as you rightly remark, nowadays youngsters often think that they are entitled to get everything free.

[Nicks]

Two years of wait : He was expecting something BIG !
But guess he is badly disappointed

[Bluedot]

My well-meant respect, Ray, that you went to the trouble of answering.

It is a bit the problem of the world-wide-web, I guess, that people (some of them) say things to others they would not dream to say in real life.

i totally agree. i'm surprised that you even took the pain in answering. look man, every king has people who swear at them behind their back. the internet is something that enables us to see that 'back' unfortunately. the best policy is to ignore and think that they're probably suffering from some sort of inferiority complex.

p.s. don't eat your head with it.

[Bearcat]

Raymond, at least you can take satisfaction in knowing that 99.9% of the rest of us on the forum really appreciate the job you do here. Thanks for all your effort!

[Raymond]

If you ask Hellnoire, you'd know that it is normal to receive such nasty comments nearly everyday.
Normally I simply ignore them but this time I wanted to try and see if I can convince him but obviously failed.
I guess people that actually spend the time to write such comment normally already have a fixed mindset.

[hellnoire]

Don't even get be started, is a better way to look at it.

[ted]

nearly 12,000 members and your upsetting 1 you must be a terrible person Raymond

[kavinraja]

Huh. Its quite funny how he thinks he knows everything.

what is the proof that YOU aren't selling our emails instead?

lol. How did he expect to show proof for something that never happened. How can someone give a proof that he haven't done something?

by the way, nice try to improve your alexa rating, but i doubt.

He knows absolutely nothing about how Alexa works.
We can't really bother to explain something to a kid, who knows nothing and didn't want to learn.

[Raymond]

That's the funniest part. He can accused anyone of doing anything and ask them to proof him wrong. ILLOGICAL.