I just saw these posts ... thought it is a hyperstitional joke of the year. Sorry, pal for being fooled.
I guess this person (IT) planned to show us what we talk about avatars, hyperstition puppets, etc is all fashionable nonsense ... but as nick and anna once stated here (I discussed it both here and at cold me a year ago) ‘internet avatars’ are receptacles of Molar Personalities, they -- as I put it – are just ‘A New Face for A New People’. When we encounter with internet avatars we can’t entirely leave the problem of personality behind. I already warned about this trend over at cold me. It started with Nick and unfortunately, people appreciated it. Then it happened with cold-me posters; and now, you. This is not a ‘harmless’ satire, nor is it something unimportant. It gives us a clue about something that happens on the net, the faciality machine of white wall / black hole can be installed everywhere, in cyberspace it is stronger than ever. It vomits nothing but paranoia.
Real consequences: I talked about real consequences of this trend over at cold-me and k-punk, but apparently no one listened. This kind of ‘facial trollism’ (unleashed by everyone or every kollective) is dangerous; just an example: imagine someone posts an irrelevant article with my language at an Iranian forum about some offensive topics; then who can save me from that deep-shit?
I guess Nick deserves an apology (for what unleashed as a ‘harmless satire’ against him); now, I should apologize for being easily fooled. Mark, my sincere apologies.