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freek
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Freekier...
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Feb 27 02:20 UTC 1997 |
Ok, since I am not a shit head like that one idiot who got guest killed, I
am first posting this in coop instead of telling a staff member... Ok, there
is this account called Freekier... I believe that this is an impersonation
of my PAYING MEMBER account... I request that this login be removed or reset
or whatever you do. thank you.
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n8nxf
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response 1 of 43:
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Feb 27 03:14 UTC 1997 |
Odd. I only found one account called freekier.
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babozita
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response 2 of 43:
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Feb 27 14:33 UTC 1997 |
Klaus, I think freek was saying his freek account is being ridiculed by this
freekier account.
The "paying member" in caps bothers me. Is freek suggesting he deserves
special treatment because he donated?
If the account is being malicious, then it should be zotted. If it's just
being satirical, even if it's not tasteful or polite, then freek should learn
to buck up and deal with it.
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ryan1
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response 3 of 43:
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Feb 27 17:19 UTC 1997 |
Hey, I'm a paying member, and I am impersonated almost daily. As
I type, somebody by the login name of "rian1" is bugging me in party.
And the finger information for "rian1" says that the name is "Ryan
Antkowiak" <sigh> this is like over 15 impersonations of me.
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rcurl
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response 4 of 43:
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Feb 27 19:58 UTC 1997 |
It could also all just be kids fooling around - like choosing freek, freeky,
freekier, freekiest, freekilly, etc. I see no harm in it, unless of course
anything malicious is done.
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babozita
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response 5 of 43:
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Feb 27 21:05 UTC 1997 |
and Ryan certainly has more place complaining... unless ther are other kids
named Ryan taking those handles (in which case they'd be putting THEIR last
names in, not Ryan's). Freek is a colloquial spelling of a very common slang
word.
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srw
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response 6 of 43:
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Feb 28 00:33 UTC 1997 |
impersonation is generally not acceptable on grex. If someone (paying or not)
writes staff to complain that an account which claims to be theirs is not
actually their account, we will routinely restore the account to its
claimed ownership.
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babozita
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response 7 of 43:
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Feb 28 14:13 UTC 1997 |
What? Steve, ar you suggesting that freek's problem should be remedied because
he's a USER of grex, not because he's a PAYING MEMBER and should be treated
special? =} You radical you. =}
*g*
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dang
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response 8 of 43:
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Feb 28 16:27 UTC 1997 |
That said, it would appear that freekier, unless this has changed, isn't
impersonating freek. In the cases I've seen, they had, for example, copied
the plan of the impersonated person word for word, so the identifying
onformation said that the account was owned by the person being impersonated.
This means that it can be reset so that person can get into it.
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ajax
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response 9 of 43:
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Mar 1 00:23 UTC 1997 |
Re 8, at least from fingering the accounts, I'd have to agree. If freekier is
a making a mockery of freek, I think it's an acceptable mockery in terms of
allowable use of Grex, since it doesn't use the same name (neither account
appears to use a real name). I might be irritated (or amused) if an Ajaxier
were making fun of me, but wouldn't expect anything to be done about it by
staff, unless perhaps my name were used in the account.
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adbarr
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response 10 of 43:
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Mar 1 00:26 UTC 1997 |
No one could immitate ajax for long.
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babozita
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response 11 of 43:
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Mar 1 00:46 UTC 1997 |
what about comet?
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danr
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response 12 of 43:
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Mar 1 01:36 UTC 1997 |
Isn't imitation the sincerest form of flattery? :) just kidding.
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valerie
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response 13 of 43:
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Mar 1 06:25 UTC 1997 |
This response has been erased.
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adbarr
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response 14 of 43:
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Mar 1 18:33 UTC 1997 |
Popcorn? Popcorn no longer? No! Please say it is not true. My mail will
bounce, the sky will fall, the seas will dry up, the mountains will fall,
Arbornet will be friendly! Lordy!
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dang
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response 15 of 43:
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Mar 1 18:57 UTC 1997 |
(Actually, your mail won't bounce. There's a mail alias... The rest tho.
:)
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freek
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response 16 of 43:
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Mar 2 01:08 UTC 1997 |
well, the point was that you guys got all pissy over Guest, so i decided to
see what would happen if i reported this person... really the account doesnt
bother me (although the real-life person does) and i did it to piss her off
<shrug> oh well.
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adbarr
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response 17 of 43:
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Mar 2 02:16 UTC 1997 |
And? The result is. . . . ? Why so contentious?
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srw
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response 18 of 43:
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Mar 2 12:30 UTC 1997 |
Well, perhaps now you see what happens. In cases of real impersonation,
we respond quickly to complaints, in order to avoid doing real harm.
In the case of poking fun, we allow it, although sometimes people do
feel hurt by it, because it falls in the realm of free expression.
The discriminator for me is issue of whether the posted information is
deliberately misleading. In the case of the Guest account, it was
deliberately made to appear to be an officially sanctioned Grex account.
That is how scg took it - I know because he explained that in private
mail written back when he took the action.
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adbarr
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response 19 of 43:
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Mar 2 18:32 UTC 1997 |
I will seek more explanation, off-line. Thanks for the help. Just dense.
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ryan1
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response 20 of 43:
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Mar 13 02:47 UTC 1997 |
I have a question reguarding the impersonation policy. Can anything be
done if a user claims to be me in party? Recently, this has been said
in party by a user named "crat":
crat: what are you talking about ryan... you are me
crat: but i am ryan1
Crat's finger information says nothing about me, however he claimed to
be me in party.
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ryan1
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response 21 of 43:
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Mar 13 02:47 UTC 1997 |
I have a question reguarding the impersonation policy. Can anything be
done if a user claims to be me in party? Recently, this has been said
in party by a user named "crat":
crat: what are you talking about ryan... you are me
crat: but i am ryan1
Crat's finger information says nothing about me, however he claimed to
be me in party.
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scg
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response 22 of 43:
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Mar 13 05:52 UTC 1997 |
crat actually sent mail to staff explaining that. crat's name is apparrently
also Ryan. He said he was trying to say, "I am ryan!" but that he missed the
shift key.
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ryan1
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response 23 of 43:
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Mar 13 15:12 UTC 1997 |
<ryan1 coughs "liar">
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remmers
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response 24 of 43:
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Mar 13 15:31 UTC 1997 |
People make silly off-hand remarks and play games in party all
the time. crat's remark sounds like typical party fare. Nothing
to make a federal case out of.
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