The 411 Bully, Perry Klaussen, is at it again.
On Tuesday, he "contacted the Mayor" to complain about the content on this blog, which he has described in the past as "disgusting" and "offensive". This from the guy who posted side-by-side photos of our Mayor next to monkeys, apes and chimpanzees only 4 short months ago.
Pick yourself up off the floor, please. Yes, I agree: he must have balls the size of coconuts. Maybe that's why he wears shorts all winter?
In case you don't believe me:
See? I told you so.
The escalation in his campaign of harassment and intimidation against this blog reveals quite a bit about him.
Starting with an inability to recognize his own diminished influence in Hoboken. He still thinks he's king of the hill, but doesn't recognize it's an ant hill. (Call him 'Lord of the Ants'). He'll tell you he gets (big number) of 'hits', every day, impressive- until you look at the actual data. Which I am about to show you.
People are passing through 411 via search engines, mainly Google, without staying, like cars driving past a ghost town. They slow down to look but don't stop. Hello and good-bye. See for yourself where his traffic is coming from:
Any reason to stop and stay was killed long ago- by Klaussen himself. But that familiar tale of censorship, perpetual post moderation and reader bullying is not the subject of this post. Neither is how Mr. Klaussen disseminates 411 registrant's identities all over town- how do you think you know mine? Think about it. You didn't hear it from me.
Let's start with the web traffic metrics that matter: TIME users spend on his site, PAGE VIEWS per user, and BOUNCE, the percentage of visitors that leave after one page turn.
A healthy, flourishing web site will have INCREASING numbers for the time and page view metrics, and a DECREASING number for bounce. Bad news for 411.
From Alexa, the web site data collection company, screen caps taken last night, April 21, 2010 (click to enlarge all graphics):
Bounce (% that leave H411 after one page turn)
Now, if you were Klaussen and your website was your livelihood, would you be spending valuable time harassing an obscure blogger and her little blog, or trying to save your dying business? It's only a matter of time until advertisers catch on. Were he a brighter wattage bulb, he would be busy tinkering under the 411-hood instead of tinkering with my First Amendment right to free speech.
Legal advice I've received to date (shake my family tree and a lawyer falls out) is that Klaussen's actions thus far are protected under the First Amendment. But he'll slip up- he can't help himself, his single-minded, targeted derangement will be his undoing. Just like his buddy, who's now in serious legal trouble and whose name I won't mention.
My best advice to Klaussen is to drop the vendetta, move on, and fix that once-thriving business, before all your advertisers jump ship. Then I can blog on more pleasant subjects.
Though, this fake controversy has done wonders for my traffic.
On Tuesday, he "contacted the Mayor" to complain about the content on this blog, which he has described in the past as "disgusting" and "offensive". This from the guy who posted side-by-side photos of our Mayor next to monkeys, apes and chimpanzees only 4 short months ago.
Pick yourself up off the floor, please. Yes, I agree: he must have balls the size of coconuts. Maybe that's why he wears shorts all winter?
In case you don't believe me:
See? I told you so.
The escalation in his campaign of harassment and intimidation against this blog reveals quite a bit about him.
Starting with an inability to recognize his own diminished influence in Hoboken. He still thinks he's king of the hill, but doesn't recognize it's an ant hill. (Call him 'Lord of the Ants'). He'll tell you he gets (big number) of 'hits', every day, impressive- until you look at the actual data. Which I am about to show you.
People are passing through 411 via search engines, mainly Google, without staying, like cars driving past a ghost town. They slow down to look but don't stop. Hello and good-bye. See for yourself where his traffic is coming from:
Any reason to stop and stay was killed long ago- by Klaussen himself. But that familiar tale of censorship, perpetual post moderation and reader bullying is not the subject of this post. Neither is how Mr. Klaussen disseminates 411 registrant's identities all over town- how do you think you know mine? Think about it. You didn't hear it from me.
Let's start with the web traffic metrics that matter: TIME users spend on his site, PAGE VIEWS per user, and BOUNCE, the percentage of visitors that leave after one page turn.
A healthy, flourishing web site will have INCREASING numbers for the time and page view metrics, and a DECREASING number for bounce. Bad news for 411.
From Alexa, the web site data collection company, screen caps taken last night, April 21, 2010 (click to enlarge all graphics):
Time Users Spend on H411
Page Views per User
Bounce (% that leave H411 after one page turn)
Now, if you were Klaussen and your website was your livelihood, would you be spending valuable time harassing an obscure blogger and her little blog, or trying to save your dying business? It's only a matter of time until advertisers catch on. Were he a brighter wattage bulb, he would be busy tinkering under the 411-hood instead of tinkering with my First Amendment right to free speech.
Legal advice I've received to date (shake my family tree and a lawyer falls out) is that Klaussen's actions thus far are protected under the First Amendment. But he'll slip up- he can't help himself, his single-minded, targeted derangement will be his undoing. Just like his buddy, who's now in serious legal trouble and whose name I won't mention.
My best advice to Klaussen is to drop the vendetta, move on, and fix that once-thriving business, before all your advertisers jump ship. Then I can blog on more pleasant subjects.
Though, this fake controversy has done wonders for my traffic.
My favorite recent bit of 411 nuclear hypocrisy was the publishing of Helen Hirsh's letter. Here's what was said about Helen on the live blog on 4/7 while the boys sat idly by, drinking cheap-ass beer and scratching themselves. Pretty much the same sort of comments can be found on every live blog. It's the internet equivalent of a surly dive bar.
ReplyDeleteGuest: C'mon, Helen. You complain about ANYTHING.
Philphil: helen needs to go to a nursing home
GuestGuest: Helen, go back to your penthouses on Park Avenue.
GuestGuest: and the bubble gum on the sidewalk is slowing my walker down!!!!
GuestGuest: Go home to your penthouses, where u displaced artists
IM MADIM MAD: SHE CANT EVEN WALK
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So we're all real interested to hear what his definition of 'disgusting' might turn out to be. I'd imagine it has to do with not agreeing with him more than anything else.
Info, I didn't want to comment on the Hirsch letter. But, since you brought it up...
ReplyDeleteIt is very sad to exploit an old woman to progress a political or personal agenda. And she was surely exploited. Because Hirsch does not access blogs on her own (hence Maureen Sullivan posting her letter "for her" on 411 and Revolt)... and of course "someone" provided her with the download from GA WITHOUT the context of the article... which is how the 411/RR team orchestrated it, to repulse her with a "shocking" image.
Note how Helen was pulled out of the arsenal for their proxy war on free speech once Bajardi was neutered by his own legal problems. Which I will not discuss on this blog.
Very, very dirty. Very, very sad. But, Helen surely has a right to her opinion, however it was molded and tainted by crass opportunists, and I have great respect for her still.
Yes, the hijacking of the Hirsch letter on the day of the election was indeed a low point for Sullivan; it reflected a combination of her desperation and shameless opportunism that ultimately backfired just as her posting of the email correspondence did too. Sullivan has revealed a great deal in this election and she will be reap what she has sown; having isolated herself on the board with her scorched earth policy.
ReplyDeleteSo true, hullabaloo.
ReplyDeleteYou reminded me of a point I should have included in the 'post-mortem' piece, what I saw as a lack of central leadership on the RR campaign; ironic given they were the self-branded 'management experts'. At least that was true for Sullivan, who seemed to be following voices in her head rather than a vigilant campaign manager who surely would have reigned in her fevered blogging and consorting with H411.
A campaign needs a center, and all actions, all speech designed to influence an outcome should be vetted and approved by that person. Re: Sullivan, it didn't seem to me that was the case, she did/said whatever she wanted without restraint.