I was told that the newest issue of Bluff magazine illustrated my point. Two Plus Two Forums always easily wins their "Best Of" poll every year in the forums category. So rather than continuing to acknowledge that they didn't include that category this year.

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People have to understand that to Johnny a hater is someone who disagrees with him even slightly, a hater is someone who wishes he would edit himself better.

Yeah. Reddit. They run a community site correctly.

My conclusions after reading this thread:
1. Mason is an honest man, and deserves my respect.
2. Mason is a little different from most people (not in a bad way necessarily)
3. Nobody will care about my conclusions.

Topset72,

Do you know the context of that post, like when and where it was posted?

http://www.fuzionpoker.com/poker/mas...-two-plus-two/

http://hardboiledpoker.blogspot.com/...cky-issue.html

at topset: wow he's such a bad guy to protect his business by not letting another of his assets drill into anothers profitability. I'm so outraged. I can't even breathe my lungs are feel with hatred for such dispecable business tactics.

get a life seriously.

In a small scene like online poker was when it started, community interaction is everything to sustain market growth, so everybody that plays poker online owes a lot to Mason Malmuth and his crew and everybody in this thread should stfu and get the **** out of his forum if they aren't happy with him. Just go waste your time on reddit with mindless pos with no modding like hockey sticks does. Hypocrites. MM is always respectful here so posters on HIS forum should AT LEAST do the same for him.

and veerjt sums it very well ( someone cared it seems ).

Another bad example. On reddit people can mark good posts and they rise to the top under the default setting. Mason's idea was to mix the good posts back into all the noise.

Um, quoting Mason with no commentary is being disrespectful?

This is old news.

Well, it was new to me, and I appreciate Topset posting it. I'm mostly pro-Mason btw, doesn't mean I don't find stuff like this interesting.

lol at comparing reddit to 2.2

4. Mason is intelligent.

I'd be interested in hearing Mason's reasoning for banning Daniel Negreanu. Seems like a -EV move to me...

Mason has posted several times in the ATF thread on the subject: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/55...issue-1183327/

Thank you for the link. I saw ATF mentioned, but had no idea what the acronym was.

I had a great discussion with Mason on my webcast a couple of months ago that mirrors the tone of the discussions we've had in person.

I invite you all to check it out at Poker Advocacy for 12/12/11, with poker publisher and author Mason Malmuth and 2+2's Mat Sklansky and to make up your own minds.

Very intelligent people are in fact def going to have traces of autism in themselves and in family line.

Thus Mason is most likely going to have a little social awkwardness, avoids eye contact, can be very confronational, and have high morals are characteristics of autism.

lol'd

I didn't read all this after page 2.

I will say he has a lot of experience from what I've read and the stuff he said a week or two ago on 2p2 podcast was really solid information that would not of been found elsewhere. So bring more information not found elsewhere and my respect rises.

Alas that goes for anyone. Respect is earned.

Lol so funny. Came across your autism thread awhile ago. And nearly word for word cliffs are right here.. You love yourself some autism.

/end thread derail

I met Mason once and had a brief convo...he seemed very nice to me. Idk why the guy would be hated.