No no, Shikster was active circa 2009, devolved to poetry and lurking by spring of 2010. For the record, he didn't "pretend" to be MJ, he simply didn't correct anyone who began to refer to him as such, which annoyed me, hence my request to set the record straight.
He never did.
Neither did Front, you'll notice.
Shikster eventually just faded away, though he periodically pops up to lurk a couple times a year. I'm not saying Front is Shikster. Not in the slightest. To the best of my knowledge, Shikster was/is just a kid from Michigan.
It's the pattern that's familiar. Nothing more.
You know... Front made an interesting statement to me just recently.
Quote from: Front on December 19, 2012, 12:41:41 PM:errrr: :icon_e_confused:
Sounds like you got it all figured out, bec: Front is a fake, which would mean that Paris, Jermaine, La Toya, the official MJ FB page, the handwritten notes, etc. etc. are also fake--- and yep, MJ did indeed depart from this world on June 25, 2009.
A rare moment of complete clarity? Or truth wrapped up in a package of lies? Need my sifter...
Problem is that Facebook page was started in 2007. So someone would have had to lay the groundwork on this hoax YEARS prior. No troll is bestowed with that kind of foresight. However... the patterns exploited by this individual are curious indeed.