wtf? There are 88 people on the fansite that was obviously created by Joe/2gd, and even Tony posts there regularly with his account via his iPhone. Tainted? I don't think so. He says "Thanks for the support" and stuff like "T-shirts coming soon".
As for the spamming on IRC, some may find it sad that he became the star of UGC and from the 10k people that watched the stream / attended, only 88 could "like" him on Facebook. (I guess).