But precious tidbits like someone's Linkedin profile was exactly the kind of precious tidbit this loathesome fellow spent night and day desperately trying to ferret out.
or, um, did a 30-second google search
Didn't even take 30 seconds. I found her using her name only on Linkedin in under 10 seconds.
Steven is refusing to say why he did it? Count Zero, the lazy one is you. I've already explained it twice in the above comments, and this will be my final comment on this thread.
Well, she sounds like a real catch! Thankfully she has gotten over the bitterness of seeing men with woman who are too pretty for them to be with-I am sure that is a burden she could not easily avail. But oh, the hardship she has endured by "scrapping the bottom of the barrel" of western men in beijing, now that's a tough one. I mean geez, with blonde hair and two legs, she must be absolutely perplexed as to why men aren't fighting to get into the barrel with her.
Nikki Aaron, dating martyr. If only it wasn't so easy for me to get any beautiful Chinese girl I desire, I suppose I would have to be scrapping the bottom of the barrel and finding her. Thank God for some mercy.
Why does she think she has to judge the men here anyway ""most average Western men"" ""below-average men""
""...during the three years we were together.Thanks to that relationship, I can speak colloquial Mandarin (including the kind of swear words""
Well thats what people usualy learn here in their first year, took her 3 years....
"It was an accumulation of things I found increasingly hard to ignore, such as his criticism of Western women (who he would condemn for being overweight, aggressive and too easy) and my deteriorating patience with his personal habits (the stomach-churning sound he made as he spat in the bathroom sink – a daily habit of most locals – or his insistence on wearing the same unwashed clothes for several days in a row)."
She was unhappy with his habits, but she took it for 3 years???
Yeah, though honestly for me the LinkedIn link wasn't all that big a deal--odd but that was about it... It's more that I kind of missed the good writing from some of the old reporters. A clean writing style with good research to back it up. Would love to see Lauren McCarthy back. She could write! Any chance of getting Kaiser Kuo back once in a while? George Ding was a fair enough stand-in. Where's he been lately?
The new writers are... meh. Not to be age-ist or anything, but most articles sound like the authors are just way young or perhaps just too inexperienced. Like they're all just SO excited about working in BEIJING and REPORTING FOR THE CITY'S PREMIER EXPAT MAGAZINE. I've noticed a lot of newer writers, and I've also noticed that TBJ's articles have gotten increasingly sloppy over the past year or so, and well, kind of boring. So now writers have to resort to "reviewing" mildly pornographic novels to keep readers reading? And it's not just TBJ article content... There are more grammar, punctuation, spelling errors than I remember seeing before--not tons, but it's just not as "clean" as it used to be. I guess it feels a bit like TBJ is hurting from the rapidly shrinking pool of expat talent here in the Great Smoggy Metropolis.
Well, sad, but some folks learn the hard way..people never value things that are free..Bill! make it a biz-like magazin and charge 30 RMB and you can sell it like hotcakes.
Why do articles like this keep on getting coverage? It's the same tired, stereotypical material that keeps getting recycled.
Nikki Aaaron seems like your common or garden Nathan Barley / Max Gogarty (though granted, without the nepotism) meeja type. Completely harmless but tediously unoriginal and dull.
I linked to a voluntarily-published public profile on a social media site that has 200 million members. That link is the second result that appears to anyone who googles "Nikki Aaron." The search took 4.3 seconds.
Ms Aaron is in no way making any attempt to conceal her identity, her residency in Beijing, her employment, or even her relationship status. While I appreciate that some of you feel that a link in an article on the Beijinger website is so widely read that it might have an impact of any kind, my guess is that if anyone who was not previously aware of Ms. Aaron's existence has suddenly discovered her, then it was on the website of the daily newspaper with a circulation of 1.5 million for whom she voluntarily wrote an article documenting her own amorous adventures, and not a pick up on the Beijinger. I stand by my decision to link to the LinkedIn page and by our reporting.
Before I'd even read these comments about the stalker worries, I saw the article's link to the LinkedIn profile and was honestly confused about what the point was of linking to a personally created job profile... Seemed odd. A personal blog, maybe; another news article about/by her, sure; perhaps a link to Xinhua or City Weekend... but a LinkedIn page? To what... give readers a chance to contact her? Connect with her on LinkedIn? Why? It just struck me as odd in an article that was trying to be all professional; a writer doesn't usually reveal that the source of one's research into someone's background was actually only the page created by the person herself... Sounds as if the author of the article didn't actually bother to go any further to confirm that the info was true. "Look, guys--it's on LinkedIn, so it's obviously true."
Anyway, thought her article was good. Hit a few not-so-pleasant chords. Brought up a few happy and unhappy memories. An extended stay in this country does indeed turn you into a very different person, an "alien" in every culture, a misfit both here and back "home", wherever that may be. The question really is whether that bothers you or not, or whether the not-quite-fitting-in just becomes part of who you are, and you learn to embrace it.
But precious tidbits like someone's Linkedin profile was exactly the kind of precious tidbit this loathesome fellow spent night and day desperately trying to ferret out.
Count_zero, you're suggesting that we shouldn't link to a voluntarily-published public profile of a television presenter who just wrote an article for The Daily Mail, a newspaper with a daily national circulation of 1.5 million people, on a social media site with 200 million members?
I believe that Ms. Aaron would easily meet the definition of "public figure" under just about any reasonable legal code in the world, and as such, the few thousand people who will read this post pose little threat. There is more personal information contained above about me than there is about her, and I am comfortable including it not only on this post but on every one that I write.
I'm not sure I agree. As your employer can attest, this site was once plagued by a bonafide and potentially dangerous stalker, who I believe might very well have carried out his various rape and violence threats. Fortunately he was deported before he had the opportunity to do so, and he's most likely dead or in prison somewhere now. But if by chance he's not, it's all but certain he's still out there masturblurking on TBJ.
Of course it's very unlikely that Ms. Aaron is going to have any problem because someone posted a link to her contact information. But precious tidbits like someone's Linkedin profile was exactly the kind of precious tidbit this loathesome fellow spent night and day desperately trying to ferret out.
> Count_zero, you're suggesting that we shouldn't link to...
You've grasped the basis of what I was saying, yes.
Other than to help stalkers, what was the point of linking to her professional profile? You can give out your own address, home telephone number and the size of frilly knickers you wear, for all you like.
Let's be realistic, you're not likely to attract much in the way of sex pests.
Count_zero, you're suggesting that we shouldn't link to a voluntarily-published public profile of a television presenter who just wrote an article for The Daily Mail, a newspaper with a daily national circulation of 1.5 million people, on a social media site with 200 million members?
I believe that Ms. Aaron would easily meet the definition of "public figure" under just about any reasonable legal code in the world, and as such, the few thousand people who will read this post pose little threat. There is more personal information contained above about me than there is about her, and I am comfortable including it not only on this post but on every one that I write.
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Another newsflash: David Cameron lives at 10 Downing Street!
OMG I have compromised British national security!! Al-Quada just cannot use Google!!!
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Didn't even take 30 seconds. I found her using her name only on Linkedin in under 10 seconds.
Ssssshhhhhhhhhhh, DON'T TELL ANYBODY!
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No Steven, you've refused to say why you saw fit to give readers a link to her LinkedIn profile.
And now we know for sure that you're too embarrassed to give your real reason.
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Steven is refusing to say why he did it? Count Zero, the lazy one is you. I've already explained it twice in the above comments, and this will be my final comment on this thread.
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OF all the people, why a Chinaman?
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Well, she sounds like a real catch! Thankfully she has gotten over the bitterness of seeing men with woman who are too pretty for them to be with-I am sure that is a burden she could not easily avail. But oh, the hardship she has endured by "scrapping the bottom of the barrel" of western men in beijing, now that's a tough one. I mean geez, with blonde hair and two legs, she must be absolutely perplexed as to why men aren't fighting to get into the barrel with her.
Nikki Aaron, dating martyr. If only it wasn't so easy for me to get any beautiful Chinese girl I desire, I suppose I would have to be scrapping the bottom of the barrel and finding her. Thank God for some mercy.
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I thought she worked for Metrozine, not City Weekend
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Why does she think she has to judge the men here anyway ""most average Western men"" ""below-average men""
""...during the three years we were together.Thanks to that relationship, I can speak colloquial Mandarin (including the kind of swear words""
Well thats what people usualy learn here in their first year, took her 3 years....
"It was an accumulation of things I found increasingly hard to ignore, such as his criticism of Western women (who he would condemn for being overweight, aggressive and too easy) and my deteriorating patience with his personal habits (the stomach-churning sound he made as he spat in the bathroom sink – a daily habit of most locals – or his insistence on wearing the same unwashed clothes for several days in a row)."
She was unhappy with his habits, but she took it for 3 years???
She is just a bitter unhappy person.
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Yeah, though honestly for me the LinkedIn link wasn't all that big a deal--odd but that was about it... It's more that I kind of missed the good writing from some of the old reporters. A clean writing style with good research to back it up. Would love to see Lauren McCarthy back. She could write! Any chance of getting Kaiser Kuo back once in a while? George Ding was a fair enough stand-in. Where's he been lately?
The new writers are... meh. Not to be age-ist or anything, but most articles sound like the authors are just way young or perhaps just too inexperienced. Like they're all just SO excited about working in BEIJING and REPORTING FOR THE CITY'S PREMIER EXPAT MAGAZINE. I've noticed a lot of newer writers, and I've also noticed that TBJ's articles have gotten increasingly sloppy over the past year or so, and well, kind of boring. So now writers have to resort to "reviewing" mildly pornographic novels to keep readers reading? And it's not just TBJ article content... There are more grammar, punctuation, spelling errors than I remember seeing before--not tons, but it's just not as "clean" as it used to be. I guess it feels a bit like TBJ is hurting from the rapidly shrinking pool of expat talent here in the Great Smoggy Metropolis.
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Well, sad, but some folks learn the hard way..people never value things that are free..Bill! make it a biz-like magazin and charge 30 RMB and you can sell it like hotcakes.
Re: British Expat Details Dating Doldrums in Daily Mail Article
Why do articles like this keep on getting coverage? It's the same tired, stereotypical material that keeps getting recycled.
Nikki Aaaron seems like your common or garden Nathan Barley / Max Gogarty (though granted, without the nepotism) meeja type. Completely harmless but tediously unoriginal and dull.
Could this be the real crux of her dating woes?
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Yeah, it's strange isn't it, britomart? Definitely smacks of either laziness or creepiness.
Anyway, Steven is refusing to say why he did it so we'll just have to be content with our assumptions.
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http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=%22Steven+Schwankert%22
There's my LinkedIn profile, K?
I linked to a voluntarily-published public profile on a social media site that has 200 million members. That link is the second result that appears to anyone who googles "Nikki Aaron." The search took 4.3 seconds.
Ms Aaron is in no way making any attempt to conceal her identity, her residency in Beijing, her employment, or even her relationship status. While I appreciate that some of you feel that a link in an article on the Beijinger website is so widely read that it might have an impact of any kind, my guess is that if anyone who was not previously aware of Ms. Aaron's existence has suddenly discovered her, then it was on the website of the daily newspaper with a circulation of 1.5 million for whom she voluntarily wrote an article documenting her own amorous adventures, and not a pick up on the Beijinger. I stand by my decision to link to the LinkedIn page and by our reporting.
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And another: Thanksgiving at Alameda
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Before I'd even read these comments about the stalker worries, I saw the article's link to the LinkedIn profile and was honestly confused about what the point was of linking to a personally created job profile... Seemed odd. A personal blog, maybe; another news article about/by her, sure; perhaps a link to Xinhua or City Weekend... but a LinkedIn page? To what... give readers a chance to contact her? Connect with her on LinkedIn? Why? It just struck me as odd in an article that was trying to be all professional; a writer doesn't usually reveal that the source of one's research into someone's background was actually only the page created by the person herself... Sounds as if the author of the article didn't actually bother to go any further to confirm that the info was true. "Look, guys--it's on LinkedIn, so it's obviously true."
Anyway, thought her article was good. Hit a few not-so-pleasant chords. Brought up a few happy and unhappy memories. An extended stay in this country does indeed turn you into a very different person, an "alien" in every culture, a misfit both here and back "home", wherever that may be. The question really is whether that bothers you or not, or whether the not-quite-fitting-in just becomes part of who you are, and you learn to embrace it.
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or, um, did a 30-second google search
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I'm not sure I agree. As your employer can attest, this site was once plagued by a bonafide and potentially dangerous stalker, who I believe might very well have carried out his various rape and violence threats. Fortunately he was deported before he had the opportunity to do so, and he's most likely dead or in prison somewhere now. But if by chance he's not, it's all but certain he's still out there masturblurking on TBJ.
Of course it's very unlikely that Ms. Aaron is going to have any problem because someone posted a link to her contact information. But precious tidbits like someone's Linkedin profile was exactly the kind of precious tidbit this loathesome fellow spent night and day desperately trying to ferret out.
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> Count_zero, you're suggesting that we shouldn't link to...
You've grasped the basis of what I was saying, yes.
Other than to help stalkers, what was the point of linking to her professional profile? You can give out your own address, home telephone number and the size of frilly knickers you wear, for all you like.
Let's be realistic, you're not likely to attract much in the way of sex pests.
Re: British Expat Details Dating Doldrums in Daily Mail Article
Count_zero, you're suggesting that we shouldn't link to a voluntarily-published public profile of a television presenter who just wrote an article for The Daily Mail, a newspaper with a daily national circulation of 1.5 million people, on a social media site with 200 million members?
I believe that Ms. Aaron would easily meet the definition of "public figure" under just about any reasonable legal code in the world, and as such, the few thousand people who will read this post pose little threat. There is more personal information contained above about me than there is about her, and I am comfortable including it not only on this post but on every one that I write.
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Seriously man, you should take down that stalker-enabled social media link. That's well creepy.