TrueCasey

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TrueCasey shortly after its grand opening

TrueCasey is Casey Serin's most recent blog, launched on August 8th, 2008. Serin says he plans to use the blog to focus on personal issues, both past and present. In the blog's sidebar, he writes:

I'm Casey Serin, a 25-year-old truth blogger, internet marketer, real estate and gold investor, living near Sacramento, California. This is my personal blog where I share my story of becoming a responsible person.

The blog's title of "TrueCasey" supposedly symbolizes Serin's commitment to not being a habitual liar and fraudster, as he's been for much of the past couple of years. When confronted with the fact that a "Truth Blog" is ironic for someone whose only "skill" is lying, Serin paradoxically responded: "I have been truthful about my lying and [I am] not proud of it."^[1]

Strangely enough, the 8/08/08 launch of TrueCasey.com was the same date as GSPG's multi-year high of $0.065; from that point on, GSPG began its inevitable slide toward prices so small they are represented only by purely theoretical quantities. Some also wondered about the metaphysical implications of TrueCasey.com being created on 8/08/08 vs. CaseyHaterz.com on 7/07/07, but the Haterz™, not tending to be conspiracy theorists nor lending much credence to such things (unlike others involved in the saga), decided it was purely coincidental and nothing to worry about.

On the evening of November 1st, 2008, Casey's Flickr account was cleared of all images, and shortly afterward truecasey.com began redirecting to his contact information page at serin.us.

[edit] Post Summaries (Reverse Chronological Order)

TrueCasey after the supposedly last post

Casey Serin's Last Post (This Kind Of Publicity Is Not Good For Me): October 29th 2008: Casey leaves the Internet forever, for what is seemingly the 17th or 18th time. The post is full of self-serving winning-Galina-back and staying-true-to-Jesus dribbling, plus claims that his depression and guilt are responsible for the last 4 or 5 times he returned to the Internet / left forever. It ends with a nice conspiracy theory end-times kookfart. Being Casey, he can't help adding multiple postscripts over the next few hours. Comments are overall fairly neutral, but finally end with even Monica calling him a loon. He makes one short final remark himself, then shuts off commentary, presumably ending this chapter of the trainwreck that is Casey Serin.

5 Warnings of Scary Things to Come: October 27th 2008: Casey presents five of the finest examples of the "alternative" podcasts he listens to, the cream of the looney-tunes crank conspiracy theory crap he loves so well. He has cleverly reposted them on his Talkshoe page, in clear violation of the original publisher's copyright, where they explicitly state that the material is not to be reproduced. Clever Haterz™ note that the inclusion of the moonbat conspiracy podcasts bumps Casey's talkshoe episode count above the point where Talkshoe starts paying him, something of which the publisher will undoubtedly take a dim view.

At Bethel Church in Redding, CA plus 2 New Podcast Episodes: October 24th 2008: Pious do-gooder Casey Serin and some of his church acquaintances attend a "revival meeting" of sorts at Bethel Church, an institution that claims "supernatural encounters with God happen regularly and miracles are common". Casey records two brief podcasts on Talkshoe, saying that he personally witnessed people "being healed". Haterz speculate that Casey, having just about depleted his corporate credit, is now looking to the religious faithful to find new victims to scam. Casey ends his blog post saying that the "Internet is great... until they start censoring it", an ironic statement coming from someone who deletes 90% his blog comments for not sufficiently pandering to his massive ego.

Some Thoughts… Blogging, Economy, Survival: October 22nd 2008: Still on his conspiracy trip from the previous day, Casey blogs a bit about the Federal Reserve. The rest of his post has a depressed tone, as he contemplates talking the blog down and rails against the Haterz™ for allegedly painting him as a scammer, when in truth he has needed no assistance in doing so himself. Casey ends the post with yet another sign that his e-book project is destined for failure: "I gotta survive. Financially. Physically. Emotionally. Then help others."

Is Barack Hussein Obama a Citizen? Don’t Like McCain Either. All The Same. Wakeup PEOPLE!!!: October 21st 2008: Hurtling ever faster towards the cliff of insanity, Casey posts another series of repeatedly-debunked talking points, including the allegation that Barack Obama is not an American citizen, and that both presidential candidates are secretly working for the Global Elite with the ultimate aim of devaluing the dollar and instituting a global government. Haterz™ universally point, laugh, and move on to their daily lives.

About Casey Serin & Don’t Hate... Support and Appreciate!: October 20th 2008: With homelessness roughly 2 weeks away, Casey gets down to important income-producing work -- writing an "About Page" and a "Don't Hate Me" page for his blog. The About page turns out to be little more than an expanded sidebar text, in which Casey describes himself using almost every conceivable noun except "mortgage fraudster". On the "Don't Hate Me" page, Casey announces full comment moderation is in force again, and demands that only "loving, positive, and constructive comments" be sent his way. Unaware that he's been ignoring constructive comments now for over 2 years, Casey continues to look for another source of OPM.

True Casey Serin Episode 2 - Ebook Progress, Member Site Idea and Eliminating Haterz, Trolls and Toxic Negativity: October 16th 2008: Casey posts an announcement for a Talkcast to be held the following night, as well as a poll that solicits users' opinions on the best way to cleanse IAFF of all realism and honesty, leaving only cheerleaders. During the Talkcast, Casey disables all comments on the blog as his solution.

Feeling Overwhelmed, Will Start Selling “Rought Draft” [sic] Tomorrow: October 14th 2008: Casey is tuckered out from goofing around on Twitter, and needs a 10-hour nap to recharge himself. He finishes his personal taxes, and despite pulling in around $90K in income last year, laughably claims to owe nothing to the IRS. His corporate credit line is rapidly nearing its limit, and with little left in his hotel fridge, he resorts to mooching food from his parents, and eating bean sprouts and spinach leaves for dinner. Ominously, he mentions drinking "2 Buck Chuck" to help him relax, and in an alcohol-soaked daze, entertains fantasies of "fleeing to the mountains to live off the grid". Casey mentions that he will try to begin selling a rough draft of his 4th-grade book report on foreclosure, despite having zero advertising. Later, the post is edited with a link to purchase his e-book for $49.95. The new version of the book is a complete rewrite from the ground up, this time focusing on telling the IAFF saga from his point of view. The draft that Casey puts up for sale contains less than ten pages of original writing, mostly a rambling, disconnected stream of consciousness that focuses on his previous failed attempts to publish books based on his story. The "book" closes with a reproduction of IAFF's first blog post, and a link to a "secret" archive of IAFF's old content on the internet. This post eventually collected more than 1,100 comments surrounding the day of the e-book's release.

GoldSpring (GSPG) Investor BBQ and Virginia City Photos!: October 12th 2008: Casey makes a 5-hour round trip drive to attend speculative penny stock Goldspring's Investor Day, where shills for the company attempt to convince bagholders like Casey that they have billions of dollars of precious metal reserves and should start operations "any day now". Casey believes them, despite the fact that the equipment on the premises is non-functional and has been painted in shiny colors to disguise the rust and impress the rubes. Casey also posts around 80 photos of the event, showing himself posing with both company personnel and with fellow stock-pumpers like Daniel Moore. The stock itself, meanwhile, continues its inexorable slide to zero cents.

Annoucement - My Live Show Starts Tonight, GoldSpring (GSPG) BBQ Tomorrow: October 10th 2008: Casey and his moderator, James "Christshippie" Hansen, hold an impromptu Talkcast from a coffee shop in Sacramento. Little of note is said. Casey mentions that he will be spending the next day in Virginia City, Nevada, attending a barbeque for Goldspring's first and foremost stock pumpers. He declines to elaborate why a supposed vegan is interested in grilled meat, and why frittering away his last few dollars on gas for the Prelude makes any sense at this point.

Nigel Speaks - "Leave Casey Serin Alone": October 9th 2008: Casey steals an entire post from DHC, in which Nigel Swaby makes ludicrous apologies for Casey's behavior over the last few years. Nigel opines that Casey isn't to blame for his actions, says that everyone should leave him alone, and all but calls Casey a paragon of virtue. Having previously called for Casey's prosecution 1 month earlier, the apologia unleashes a tsunami of vitriol on CH.C against Nigel; namely, that he may be little more than an older version of Casey -- a comparatively uneducated bottom-feeder who gets off on trolling people for no good reason (c.f. "Walrusism"). The real Casey, meanwhile, continues to fantasize about his e-book.

More Focus, Media Logos, Testing Brands With Adwords: October 8th 2008: Casey's descent into full-blown madness continues unabated, as he claims that God has "given us the power to create our environment with our thoughts". Casey debuts an e-book website banner, featuring the logos of numerous sweet media outlets, in a blatant violation of trademark law. Multiple Haterz write to the respective companies -- within hours, Casey removes the logos, claiming to be taking the advice of the commenters. In all likelihood, a DMCA takedown was issued by at least one of the companies in question, and Casey immediately caved. Lastly, Casey runs a "Google Adwords experiment" to determine which of his 2,759 domains has the best positioning. Upon receiving virtually no clicks to his e-book site, Casey declares the experiment a failure.

~~Truth~~ Conspiracy Page Started: October 7th 2008: Inspired by his supposed mission to "seek truth", Casey posts some more links which advocate raving conspiracy theories about 9/11 and the world banking system. Some readers begin to assert that Casey is teetering on the brink of literal insanity; Casey, in kind, ignores all comments and vows to "get back to work" on his 4th-grade-level book report about foreclosure. Three days into his 30-day "sink or swim" challenge, it appears that Casey has done no work and has earned no income.

My Foreclosure Story - 7 Mistakes Ready For Download: October 6th 2008: Missing his deadline target by several hours, Casey posts a version of his e-book, which has backpedaled from being the final version (that he originally claimed that he would release by the end of August) to a "rough draft pre-release version." Casey goes on to beg for readers to donate their time and skills to proofread, edit, and revise his writing for him, presumably because he is an ideas guy™ and not a details guy™. In any case, editorial assistance is sorely needed as Casey's writing is abysmal, with glaring grammatical and spelling errors (even in section headings), sentence fragments, chapters that end abruptly mid-sentence, and padded margins/whitespace that add more than ten pages to his book's length.

Next 30 Days in Hotel... Sink or Swim!: October 4th 2008: Back in Sacramento after a Greyhound bus trip, Casey checks into a hotel for what he claims will be a thirty-day stay, heavily dropping hints that his corporate credit is all but depleted, hence the "sink or swim" nature of his current situation. Casey's 30-day "challenge" gets off to a stellar start as day one consists of his moving into the hotel, while day two consisted of plugging in his laptop. A few Haterz™ set up a scorecard to keep track of his day-to-day progress towards his goals.

The True Nigel Swaby - Kicked Me Out and Left Me Stranded at 11PM: October 2nd 2008: After a week spent belittling Nigel's job and behaving more like a spoiled brat than a gracious houseguest, Casey is finally kicked out of Nigel's Salt Lake City home. Casey's tone is invariably one of a victim, proclaiming that he was treated unfairly by Nigel and that Nigel showed "his true colors" that evening. What Casey fails to mention to his blog audience is that he borrowed Nigel's car for what was supposed to be a short trip to Kinko's at 1:30pm, but failed to return home with the vehicle until after 10:00pm without any good excuse. Shortly after these events transpired, Nigel evidently wussed out and apologized to Casey. The week surrounding these events saw Nigel's reputation among the Haterz™ yo-yo from hated (for putting Casey up for free) to revered (for kicking him out), then ultimately back to hated (for breaking down and apologizing, effectively eliminating the chance that Casey would hold any feeling of responsibility for his own eviction).