gleaned from the "Trade Secrets" comments ;

"And the fact that we have been ranting for over 24 hours doesn't make you think maybe you said/did something wrong?"
 Ross 1/9/05; 1:51:01 PM

"Oh sure I did everything wrong. I'm not worthy I'm not worthy. Ross is my master. I look up to him. I want to be just like Ross, whoever the fuck he is. "
Dave Winer 1/9/05; 2:31:25 PM

Well just to be clear, it sure as heck wasn't me! I'm not the other "Ross" in there either.

Suddenly, identity standards look a lot more interesting. Not only would it let me stay off of Dave's shit list now that there are all these other muck-raking Ross' running around, but Dave and Adam probably could have avoided the whole "Madge is Richard" thing in the first place!