Greg Deeter
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Gregory K. Deeter is a stamp collector in Houston, Texas. He describes himself as the founder of Boomspeed, a web hosting provider.
In 1998, Deeter was at the center of a Usenet controversy involving the commercial trade of stamps. When a proposal to split rec.collecting.stamps into separate discussion and marketplace groups was brought to news.groups, Deeter launched an unusual campaign to retain the status quo by offering $50 worth of stamps to people who would vote against the split. The newsgroup vote, having been tainted by apparent bribery, was invalidated and retaken.
External links
Usenet announcement of the vote invalidation (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/news.announce.newgroups/msg/8ae5d23993bef921)