Jeric 46,875 June 13, 2019 Share June 13, 2019 I'll make this short. In the past all alt accounts were banned upon discovery, and if the alt was made without malicious intent it would have been addressed as a dispute. The new rule here now states Quote Duplicate accounts are not allowed - Unless created due to a technical issue, or related to forgetting an old account, we will ban any alternate accounts we find. What this means in practice is this: Ban or suspension evasion/ sock-puppets - Automatic Ban Another account in good standing - A Mod or Admin will reach out to you and make you aware of the old account and we can merge the two together (helpful if you can't access the old accounts email for a password reset). How we approach this will depend on the specifics of your situation, but regardless of the option we take to resolve the confusion the account holder will never be left without an active MLPF account. Friend or Family Account - These are obvious allowed, but as we don't know a friend or family member created the new account unless you tell us up front you may be questioned if it looks like a sock-puppet. It is possible that you may be banned and need to dispute. We have had too many instances of people creating secondary accounts to harass users, sic a friend on a user, or act as if another person is agreeing with you in a debate. We will air on the side of caution and logic here. Credit goes to @TheTaZe and @Rikifive for pointing out the unintended consequences of auto-banning all duplicate accounts 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misty Shadow 8,092 June 13, 2019 Share June 13, 2019 Glad to see this rule be updated. Normally, I've always agreed that alt accounts need to be banned, but there are always exceptions. 1 Everyone loves Misty. For good reason, of course. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklefan1234 176,863 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 2 hours ago, Jeric said: Ban or suspension evasion How does someone evade a forum ban? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,875 June 14, 2019 Author Share June 14, 2019 Just now, Sparklefan1234 said: How does someone evade a forum ban? Considering it doesn’t last long, not very well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion 3,489 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 Just now, Sparklefan1234 said: How does someone evade a forum ban? There are certain ways to do it but I doubt anybody from staff is really burning to have them presented to the public Thankfully, the staff altogether has also certain ways of figuring the dupes out in spite of evasion shenanigans. So you could say that everything is... 5 𝕿𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖚𝖌𝖍 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙, 𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊! 𝖂𝖊 𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙, 𝖜𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖔𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊! 𝕴 𝖘𝖊𝖊 𝖎𝖙, 𝖑𝖊𝖙'𝖘 𝖋𝖊𝖊𝖑 𝖎𝖙, 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖊 𝖜𝖊'𝖗𝖊 𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖌 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖊𝖘𝖘! 𝕷𝖊𝖙 𝖌𝖔 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙, 𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊! 𝕱𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊! 𝕲𝖎𝖛𝖊 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖉𝖆𝖗𝖐 𝖘𝖎𝖉𝖊! If you are not yet subscribed to Syrex, frankly, what are you even doing with your life? Best Nightcore & artist cooperation ever <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklefan1234 176,863 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 Just now, Jeric said: Considering it doesn’t last long, not very well. / Just now, Passion said: There are certain ways to do it but I doubt anybody from staff is really burning to have them presented to the public I just meant, a duplicate account seems like something you'd catch onto swiftly enough that people wouldn't be able to hide. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeric 46,875 June 14, 2019 Author Share June 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Sparklefan1234 said: / I just meant, a duplicate account seems like something you'd catch onto swiftly enough that people wouldn't be able to hide. Normally. Even with VPN’s it’s fairly easy. And most ban evaders very quickly do what they were banned for originally on the dupe account. There are also other tricks I use personally. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparklefan1234 176,863 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 Just now, Jeric said: Normally. Even with VPN’s it’s fairly easy. And most ban evaders very quickly do what they were banned for originally on the dupe account. There are also other tricks I use personally. Following the same people is a pretty easy way to tell, I'd imagine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,533 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 Hopefully, this will fix some of the problems. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arc Flash 7,884 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 Thanks for always keeping this place awesome and safe 4 If it sparks, don’t touch it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikifive 24,649 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 29 minutes ago, Ganondorf8 said: Hopefully, this will fix some of the problems. It will. It has to. Confused members won't be greeted with torches and pitchforks anymore. It was always bothering me personally. 7 ❤ ■■■■■■■■■■ ⭐ ■■■■■■■■■■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondorf8 11,533 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Rikifive said: It will. It has to. Confused members won't be greeted with torches and pitchforks anymore. It was always bothering me personally. Then those torches and pitchforks can be used for good instead of for evil. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MangoFoalix 25,049 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 7 hours ago, Jeric said: Credit goes to @TheTaZe Hopefully this will help everyone in the future. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDDash 19,238 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 I try to make sure that I don't forget my account information 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here No Longer 5,283 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, R.D.Dash said: I try to make sure that I don't forget my account information Yeah that would probably be a good idea... Edited June 14, 2019 by DusksuD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshi Frost Wolf 42,026 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 Gonna have to inform my identical clone Cyoshi about this. Good to see there's more clarification on this kind of stuff. Seems the duplicate account thing is a bit of a complicated mess sometimes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here No Longer 5,283 June 14, 2019 Share June 14, 2019 This is definitely a step in the right direction, that's all I can really say about this. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganondox 899 June 15, 2019 Share June 15, 2019 On 6/13/2019 at 6:19 PM, Sparklefan1234 said: Following the same people is a pretty easy way to tell, I'd imagine. That among many other footprints of unique individuals that can be picked up using statistics. Once one trace is discovered, the person can try covering their trail on that regard, but another one can just be chosen in its place. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash In 22,828 July 2, 2019 Share July 2, 2019 An update to this system is definitely a good move and will hopefully make life easier for all of us. 2 At first I rejected the zero, but that was because I simply didn't understand it. Now I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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