(Feb. 02, 2015 11:07 PM)The Supreme One Wrote: [ -> ]Several of you, who continue to post asking questions, claim to be his friends and have means of talking to him outside of the WBO as administrators of his forum.
Seriously guys I am disappointed in you guys.
If you are in contact with banned members, that is not my problem. What is, though, is when you guys know about his activities (i.e which accounts are his and what he plans to do next) and then act as if you are blind to the whole situation. To make things worse, you guys think it's some kind of childish game where you sit around and wait for him or some other member to act up and take it upon yourselves to track their alternate accounts down. I am not asking you to rat him out immediately, because I do not care. Unless there is a disturbance, I usually let stuff like this fly under the radar and don't "investigate" until later on.
What especially stupefied me was this private message I actually received ...
redacted Wrote:sarabscientist Wrote:redacted Wrote:Allow me to interrogate him, it's what I do best. I manage to get rid of [redacted] and got him to spit the truth out that he was [redacted] and I made[redacted] admit his sympathy plan.
Let me talk to [redacted] in a manipulative friendly way.
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We've already established the truth, there's no need to make the situation worse. Annoying and bullying someone, repeat member or not, can result in a warning, by the way. We have moderators for a reason - vigilante behavior isn't needed.
As a side note, I've dealt with numerous types of cases - so this isn't my first time banning someone.
Of course.
Look at this wonderful list of moderators. People with the specific task of doing forum upkeep.
I do know for a fact that when Hazel was around, warnings for "mini-moderation" were quite commonplace.
WBO Community Rules Wrote:RESPECT THE COMMITTEE!
Finally, respect the WBO Committee members at all times. They work for the WBO and their authority here is absolute. Please follow their directions at all times and listen to what they say; they earned their position for a reason.
My second concern is people breathing sighs of relief when alternate accounts are found and banned, claiming they feel "safer" but then proceeding to converse with the very same member on another forum? This whole concept literally makes no sense and I am not telling you to be mean to the person or whatever, but just think about it.
To conclude - it's fine to speculate through private messaging but don't make a show of it in the threads. Like I've said before, it only encourages people. What they want is attention and others are willingly giving it to them.
Remember these gems:
(Dec. 11, 2014 2:25 AM)Leone19 Wrote: [ -> ]Let's not turn this thing into a witch hunt.
We should quietly (PM) our mods if we think something is suspicious.
(Dec. 11, 2014 2:25 AM)sarabscientist Wrote: [ -> ]Guys. This isn't the first time someone has made desperate attempts to get back on the forum. Please stop worrying and discussing it needlessly. This only encourages Kaneki even further. Do not feed the troll. Let the moderators handle it. Just forward any suspicious or threatening private messages to any of the staff and we can deal with it correctly.
There will be no "war" and there is no way Kaneki can "hack" the website. Everyone needs to chill. I will not hesitate to hand out warnings to those contributing to the conversation in a speculative manner with no actual substance. Thank you.
I don't know, personally I think it's kind of disgusting to pretend to be someone's friend on one end and then rat them out and rag on them from the other. Banned member or not, these are real people and I do think you should have some respect and integrity in "friendships". I am asking all of you to be sincere, not only here, but in real life too. Do not fake anything just to please someone else. Yes, pretending to be "on someone's side" and then squeezing out juicy bits of information to build objective evidence against them can be seen as "enjoyable" but really what are you doing? It's the lowest form of hypocrisy and deceit. Of course there are real-life people and situations that constantly are using this method but let's be real here. You are mostly children, no older than 15, on a Beyblade forum. Nothing is at stake here - there is no need to go to such extremes. You are not spies, you are not working for some high-level security organization.
So, be happy, be honest, take it easy.