LogFAQs > #931012649

Alpha218 posted...

Having alts isnt against the rules btw

What about an alt of a banned user? I don't think anyone would ever contest the allowance of having alts. Alts are great, alts are fine. But what if it is an alt of a banned user seeking to undermine their suspension/punishment thereby continuing to use the boards?

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Oh.

I was tagged, I need to catch up. But I can respond to the post in which I was tagged. It falls in line with what I just said above. I do believe better implementations could be ah... implemented, in order to prevent alts of banned/suspended users from being used to circumvent punishments meted out by those in authority to dish out said punishments. But like many other users have said before, there are many ways to work around this problem. A VPN being just one of many examples. It requires alot more work on the upper management's part, but I don't believe it's impossible. But for the sake of a single user is not necessarily the idea of looking at it. Look at it instead as all the other examples throughout this site's history that have circumvented punishment and continue to cause trouble on an alt, etc., despite their primary being banned/suspended.

I wouldn't know the first thing to do to counter these circumventions, I'm not a software guy. I don't do programming. I simply believe in a safe environment where people can enjoy and discuss whatever they desire without being trolled/insulted/bashed/bullied. But that's probably idealism talking.

I do agree though that Mods can't constantly monitor everything all day everyday. So troublemaking posts need to be reported in order to be brought to their attention. However, repeated offenses by the same users, or alts that upper management knows to be of that same user, should be treated as it was a repeated offense by that primary account.
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