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Re:Robots.txt by woohoo on Monday February 11, 2013 @01:22PM (#5202277)
Nobody else read this as a joke? I read it as a joke (and a slightly racist one at that).
Re:Robots.txt by illuminate on Monday February 11, 2013 @01:30PM (#5202338)
Entitled SEOs tend to be more common than exceptional. While I didn't see anything so hamfisted that it had to be parody, but I can see what you mean.

From the topics on their default page and his other communications, it seems to be sincere.

https://twitter.com/rishil/status/299185628321566720

Re:Robots.txt by CKKim on Monday February 11, 2013 @01:43PM (#5202429)
I read it as a joke by the end but, worryingly, didn't automatically recontextualise it as racist in light of that. Which, I think I agree with you, it is, if it's a joke and all the East Africa stuff is made up for "comedy value".
Re:Robots.txt by nirvanatikku on Monday February 11, 2013 @02:15PM (#5202646)
....? where did the idea of "The East Africa stuff" being made up come from?
Re:Robots.txt by CKKim on Monday February 11, 2013 @02:20PM (#5202674)
Nowhere. It was speculation on my part extrapolated from the premise that the piece was written as a joke and nothing in it could be taken at face value. A little research on the guy suggests I was reading too much into it. Here he is http://www.linkedin.com/in/rishilakhani and his languages are listed as "Hindi, Swahili, Gujarati, Punjabi" - we don't need much more than that to connect the dots.
Re:Robots.txt by Apocryphon on Monday February 11, 2013 @02:07PM (#5202604)
I thought he was genuinely from Kenya or Ethiopia or somewhere.
Re:Robots.txt by explicitlyme on Monday February 11, 2013 @03:21PM (#5202981)
I am an Indian born in East Africa ;)
Re:Robots.txt by explicitlyme on Monday February 11, 2013 @07:59PM (#5204517)
I assure you I am not racist, being an Indian raised in Kenya.