Who or What is Rod Speed?

Rod Speed is an entirely modern phenomenon.   Essentially, Rod Speed
is an insecure and worthless individual who has discovered he can
enhance his own self-esteem in his own eyes by playing "the big, hard
man" on the InterNet.

Why is Rod Speed worth a FAQ?

You need to brush up on your NetSpeak.   Rod most certainly isn't
worth a FUQ in anybody's opinion except his own.

Rod certainly posts a lot.  Why is that?

It relates back to the point about boosting his own self esteem by
what amounts to effectively having a w.nk in public.    Rod's
personality, as exemplified by his posts, means he is practically
unemployable which means he sits around at home all day festering away
and getting worse and worse.  This means he posts more and more try
and boost the old failing self esteem.  Being unemployed also means he
as a lot of time on his hands  to post in he first place.

But maybe Rod really is a very clever and knowledgable person?

Clever?  His posts wouldn't support that theory.   As far as being
knowledgable, well, Rod has posted to various aus newsgroups including
invest, comms, and politics.  He has posted to all as a self professed
expert" and flames any and all who disagree with him.   Logically,
here's no way any single individual could be more than a jack of all
trades across such a wide spread of subject matter.

But maybe Rod really is an expert in some areas?

Possibly.   However,  his "bedside manner" prevents him from being
taken seriously by most normal people.   Also, he has damaged his
credibility in areas where he might know what he's on about by
shooting his self in the foot in areas where he does not.  For
example, in the case of subject matter such as politics, even a view
held by Albert Einstein cannot  be little more than an opinion and to
vociferously denigrate an opposing opinion is simply small mindedness
and bigotry, the kind of which Einstein himself fought against his
whole life.

What is Rod Speed's main modus operandi?

Simple!  He shoots off a half brained opinion in response to any other
post and touts that opinion as fact.    When challenged, he responds
with vociferous and rabid denigration.    He has an instantly
recognisable set of schoolboy put downs limited pretty much to the
following:   "Pathetic, Puerile, Little Boy, try harder, trivial, more
lies, gutless wonder, w.nker, etc etc".   The fact that Rod has been
unable to come up with any new insults says a lot about his outlook
and intelligence.

But why do so many people respond to Rod in turn?

It has to do with effrontery and a lack of logic.   Most people who
post have some basis of reason for what they write and when Rod
retorts with his usual denigration and derision they respond
emotionally rather than logically.     It's like a teacher in a class
room who has a misbehaving pupil.  The teacher challenges the pupil to
explain himself and the student responds with "f.ck off, Big Nose!"
Even thought the teacher has a fairly normal proboscis, he gets a dent
in his self-esteem and might resort to an emotional repsonse like
"yeah?  well your dick wouldn't fill a pop rivet, punk", which merely
invites some oneupmanship from the naughty pupil.  Of course, the
teacher  should not have justified the initial comment with a
response, especially in front of the class.   The correct response was
"please report to the headmaster's office right NOW!"

What is a "RodBot"?

Some respondents in aus.invest built a "vritual Rod" which was
indiscernable from the "real" Rod.    Net users could enter an opinion
or even a fact and the RoDBot would tell them they were pathetic lying
schoolboys who should be able to do better or some equally pithy Rod
Speedism.

Are you saying that Rod Speed is a Troll?

You got it!

What is the best way to handle Rod Speed?

KillFile!