When we asked, “Who Is ‘As Seen On TV?’,” we considered that we might be the only people who gave a rat’s ass about this Slashdot poster posing as an Apple employee. We’re not entirely alone, however, as at least one other user had started a Journal based on the theory that the user ASOT was actually another user calling himself Leo McGarry (the name of a character on The West Wing, a television drama). Another user, ‘pomo monster,’ had this to add:
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops-pcs/apple/index.php#who-is-as-seen-on-tv-102913
He’s probably a repackaged Leo McGarry [slashdot.org]. ASOTV [slashdot.org] surfaced around the same time Leo disappeared, and they write in the same idiosyncratic style, though Leo was far more abusive. And they’ve only ever posted to the same story once [google.com]—and ASOTV’s comment there ends with a conspicuously out-of-place “I agree with Leo.” Open and shut case, if you ask me.
It’s all interesting speculation, but ultimately pointless. No matter who ASOT was, what matters now is who he or she really is—an employee of Apple discussing the inner machinations of a secretive company or a smart user positing likely, if fraudulent theories.
