Ron Earp
Admin
The Admins have recently determined that there are a couple of people who are maintaining now, or who have registered, multiple user accounts. The accounts are under different names, the profiles show different locations, occupations, and cities, but this information is false. We don't know what the actual purpose for the person(s) doing this, but I think it is for influencing discussions on board, sending PM's to other users, influencing reputation, and for stirring up trouble.
When you register on a VB forum like this the forum software records your IP address that can be resolved in fairly gory detail to pinpoint your computer location. And it records a lot of other information too - your browser type, OS, build version, log in time, date, etc. Using this information it can be seen that these "people" were created by a single user. Furthermore, it can be seen that in the reputation system that these "users" gave feedback to a very select few other forum members within a short time frame in attempts to influence feedback ratings, and, that this abuse was controlled by a single entity.
This post is to serve as a fair warning to cease and desist from this behavior on GT40s.com. We have a reputation as an inclusive, fair minded forum with a minimum of infighting. We are making it clear that the forum means to protect that reputation and will not tolerate this type of behavior.
Thank you.
Addendum - I know that some of you have had to re-register, or have re-registered, over the years with a different name etc. I am not writing about that behavior here, that has nothing to do with the observations I am making above. While we don't prefer "re-registrations" if you lose all your info, and we miss the email request when you ask for the info, what else can you do?
When you register on a VB forum like this the forum software records your IP address that can be resolved in fairly gory detail to pinpoint your computer location. And it records a lot of other information too - your browser type, OS, build version, log in time, date, etc. Using this information it can be seen that these "people" were created by a single user. Furthermore, it can be seen that in the reputation system that these "users" gave feedback to a very select few other forum members within a short time frame in attempts to influence feedback ratings, and, that this abuse was controlled by a single entity.
This post is to serve as a fair warning to cease and desist from this behavior on GT40s.com. We have a reputation as an inclusive, fair minded forum with a minimum of infighting. We are making it clear that the forum means to protect that reputation and will not tolerate this type of behavior.
Thank you.
Addendum - I know that some of you have had to re-register, or have re-registered, over the years with a different name etc. I am not writing about that behavior here, that has nothing to do with the observations I am making above. While we don't prefer "re-registrations" if you lose all your info, and we miss the email request when you ask for the info, what else can you do?