Why it’s really in Carlos E. Jean-Gilles best interests to read my posts...
As I’ve stated here before, I only post about Carlos when I need to defend myself against his crazy accusations. When he made the decision to make his silly (In)Accurate Answers Group on Facebook (the one where he charges people for his so-called ‘expert’ advice on various Facebook-related problems) a Closed Group finally, I didn’t come running here to post the news “hot off the presses!”...In fact, I was pleased.
Why? Because, since having been banned from the Facebook Help Forum and stripped of his Rising Star status, he’s lost his major source of duping desperate people into joining his Group and then fleecing them of their money for answers that are dubious at best, often incorrect, and sometimes even harmful. Making his Group a “Closed” Group only serves to further protect people from his little scam.
Apparently however, my failure to decry his decision (AKA: pay attention to him) caused him to fire off another rant, which he oh-so-helpfully even addressed to me by name. For that, I must thank him, because it made reporting him easy, and the decision on Facebook’s part even easier to remove the post. Overall, the length of time it took from his posting, to me being sent screen shots and the URL and me filing a report, to my report being acted on, was right around 11 hours.
Again with that infamous “Vilified” statement, which I’ve proven ad nauseum here does not mean what he so desperately wishes it does. It was a response to his own whiny question. And “unsubstantiated”? Well, ok - if posting his own words directly doesn’t count as “substantiated”, then what does? I never make a claim about him that I can’t back with his own words.
I have never claimed that he’s bullying me in real life. His threats to sue me could be construed as such, but so far, they seem to be just that - toothless threats. However, in what universe does “not reading” something someone writes absolve them from being guilty of harassing or bullying that person? This very “letter” to me stands very much as evidence that Carlos does in fact engage in harassment.
And then the tired snipe about my short story. Again, Carlos proves that he has absolutely no clue how the ePublishing world works. For the audience playing along at home, I will again explain why my short story is no longer on Amazon:
I published through ePublishing house Smashwords. At the time I did so, they had a working relationship with Amazon/Kindle. This meant that when you published with Smashwords, your work also got listed with Amazon too. I never made the choice to list on Amazon -that simply came as part of the package at the time, nor did I make the decision to pull my work from Amazon when Smashwords parted ways with Amazon and removed all listings published through them unless the author made a contract with Amazon to remain with KDP Select exclusively. At no time did “I” list on Amazon, nor did “I” remove my short story later. Incidentally, Goodreads isn’t a marketplace to buy or sell books -it’s a review site for books.
Also, while it won’t buy me a yacht or a beach house in Malibu, I have made a bit of money from my story. Considering I listed it as “free/choose your own price”, I’d say that making just under $100 overall (so far) for the piece isn’t that bad.
I have never once said I was mad about Autism. I don’t hate myself. I actually have a pretty full and fulfilling life, both on and offline. I don’t even hate Carlos, odd as that may seem. Most of the time, I just feel sorry for him, because at his age, all he really has going for him is Facebook, and the pursuit of some non-existent “Top Contributor” spot on the Facebook Help Forum. Which he then tries to deny...
Smoke screen, huh? Because Carlos wasn’t literally drooling all over himself for the last few weeks, and most of his posts weren’t about his Help Forum answers and how he was going to regain his “Top” spot again. Ok then. If those are the lies he has to tell himself so he can sleep at night, so be it. Thing is, I didn’t “fall” for it.
And speaking of “projecting” -it seems this entire letter to me is actually Carlos projecting his own hate onto me, not the other way ‘round.
And, if he actually bothered to read this blog, he’d already know that his claim that Facebook has added some new “authentication” method is actually his own false assumptions at work yet again. I’ve already explained that the “Send Money” option is currently only available to accounts within the US. ALL adult accounts, whether linked to a cell phone, credit card or letter from their mommy or not. And then he again shows his paranoia about “fake” accounts. I wonder how many he maintains to get his own Facebook “work” done? At the very least, he uses his wife and son’s accounts.
As to him deleting his Help Forum answers? All I can say to that is a resounding “YAY!!” No longer will he be able to fool innocent and often desperate people on the Help Forum with his pseudo-answers that aren’t answers at all, and lately have just ended up being ads directing people to his Pay-for-Answers Group. Which, again, if he actually read this, he’d know that that was a big factor in why the Facebook Help Team banned him from the Help Forum in the first place (along with his behavior issues, rudeness and general lack of being correct, among other reasons). I’m sure that his absence from the Help Forum will work out just great for me and the other Stars, thanks!
He would greatly appreciate...?!?! Is he high on crack? He wants me to leave him alone, yet sees absolutely nothing wrong with harassing me from behind the blind of a block. The answer to that is a resounding NO! No, I will not just roll over and let Carlos say whatever he wants, without answering his false claims. If he doesn’t like that, then he needs to learn how to Adult, and stop with his petty playground antics.
And, he didn’t “lose interest” in the Help Forum - he got banned from the Help Forum. Again. Just like his old account.
What’s the point in attacking Mark Zuckerberg?
So, after attacking Mark Z and disparaging social media as a whole -which is pretty funny considering that Carlos literally craves the attention it brings him, he then spouts off some more pseudo psychobabble, and then...surprise, surprise...one final snipe at me.
Now, here’s the really fun part in all of this:
Within minutes of receiving these screen shots -which were taken about 4 hours after he wrote this, I reported his post for harassment. Within 7 hours of my report, Facebook replied to me:
Now, because Carlos likes to claim that I “photoshop” my FB Support Inbox notices, I also have the email they sent me as well:
The best part though? Within an hour of me receiving notification that Facebook had removed his hateful post, I was informed that his account had disappeared. As of this writing, it’s been over 3 days now, and still no Carlos.
