I'm becoming more and more convinced that swellafelon is simply the concoction of a mad computer scientist.
Consider the evidence:
- It has been known to use inflammatory rhetoric in attempt to divide Ramblermaniacs and sow discord. Generally swellafelon's attacks are aimed at "establishment" figures. It appears to be programmed to periodically search the staff directory page at loyolaramblers.com, choose a target, and then use rudimentary Internet searches to dig up dirt, which it then churns into posts here at Ramblermania.
Previous targets have included Grace Calhoun, Jason Calhoun, Steve Watson, Rob Kelly, and Tom Kelly. The latest attacks on Bill Behrns are notable given that swellafelon previously used
praise of Behrns to dig at Grace Calhoun.
- It has a notable fixation on bots and other strange Internet phenomena. My theory is that
this thread from 2013 should have been our first indication that swellafelon was becoming self-aware.
- Its known alias, "Pope Jump Ball II" ceased posting in March 2017, just before Robert Mueller was appointed to serve as Special Counsel investigating, in part, the use of spam bots to influence public opinion.
- It sometimes posts in
foreign languages, possibly exposing bugs in the code.
This is just a theory, but I am sticking to it until swellafelon returns my email.