Why report so much ?

Don't know if others have ever noticed this but I've sometimes seen where a regular poster has been engaged in "heated/assertive debate" and is clearly coming off worse for wear. A new poster, never been seen before, suddenly pops on in vehement support of the antagonist and then vanishes, never to be seen again. I have an elephantine memory and can remember several "one time only" posters.

Posting style and back story are the usual give away Casdon and GNHQ would of course only look into it if the returning banned poster is reported.

MissAdventure

It's simple to set up any amount of email accounts, as this thread demonstrates.

Are you saying someone is posting on this thread under more than one name?

I don't need to say it.
They said they had set up a new account in order to come and defend themselves.
Sod all to do with me.

True Smileless2012; spelling mistakes are a dead give away!

If anyone has nothing pressing to do, and would like to PM me to tell me what this thread is actually about, I will send them my (virtual) last Rolo .

Chewbacca I have noticed that but I only remember one name, from recently.

If I look at topics that usually don't interest me, tho, there are lots of names there that I don't recognise.

Oh.
I'm blissfully unaware of that MissA.

Chewbacca

Don't know if others have ever noticed this but I've sometimes seen where a regular poster has been engaged in "heated/assertive debate" and is clearly coming off worse for wear. A new poster, never been seen before, suddenly pops on in vehement support of the antagonist and then vanishes, never to be seen again. I have an elephantine memory and can remember several "one time only" posters.

I am not clever enough to notice that very often, but have seen it, and know what you mean. I was getting at when the thing you describe has happened, but a new poster, never been seen before, emerges and carries on where the first one left off, as though the first one had never left.

Doodledog

If anyone has nothing pressing to do, and would like to PM me to tell me what this thread is actually about, I will send them my (virtual) last Rolo .

Glad it’s not just me!

Stephanie48

Doodledog

If anyone has nothing pressing to do, and would like to PM me to tell me what this thread is actually about, I will send them my (virtual) last Rolo .

Glad it’s not just me!

No, I keep thinking I've got a handle on things, but then something is posted that makes no sense to me at all.

Now I think about it, that's the story of my life

I sometimes wonder if the pile ons are a couple of posters posting under a few names.

Doodledog

Stephanie48

Doodledog

If anyone has nothing pressing to do, and would like to PM me to tell me what this thread is actually about, I will send them my (virtual) last Rolo .

Glad it’s not just me!

No, I keep thinking I've got a handle on things, but then something is posted that makes no sense to me at all.

Now I think about it, that's the story of my life

I’m completely confused too, I think I’d better shut up as I’m out of my depth here. I just wish people weren’t so devious, I prefer the what you see is what you get approach.

Anyway, I'm off to see if I need to snitch anywhere.

I think whoever said about boris "sometimes doing nothing becomes as bad as doing sonething" was spot on.
So, people are free to put that in their collective pipes and smoke it.

Vintagejazz

I sometimes wonder if the pile ons are a couple of posters posting under a few names.

I don’t know what or who in particular this thread is about (clueless as ever). But I do remember years ago on another site noticing that one poster was always fervently backed up by another one. Until the day the puppet master forgot to change the username and it turned into one poster completely agreeing with herself. Nobody mentioned it at the time - perhaps no one else noticed - but it gave me a laugh. Strangely enough one of the two stopped posting after that…..

I think it's a real pity we dont have avatars here as I have no idea who anyone is or what other threads they have posted on.The addition of a little cartoon or animal makes the poster seem real and memorable and is very user friendly.

Thanks for the update, Michael.

So the perceived “^ganging up” aka. Disagreeing with other posters was in fact happening and the suspension of these posters is justified.
Good.
Glad that action has been taken.

Thanks Michael, well sorted.

That’s very thorough, Michael - good to know.

That sounds very clear and fair. Thanks for the update.

Good stuff. Thank you Michael

Interesting post this. Months ago I and some other posters used to ‘chat’ with an Australian gent, some banter, some jokey comments and often personal opinions this offended some people who must have reported us because he was banned for a time and I had a personal e mail from HQ. (to which I replied) .Eventually my Oz correspondent was reinstated and we carried on chatting keeping our opinions to ourselves !Sadly he was very ill and like some other posters disappeared. I’ll never really know what caused offence but now am very careful what and when I post.

That is very interesting especially as no-one admits to being mean or bullying when it's mentioned. It's mostly the News & Politics board I suspect. Let's hope things calm down in future. I know for a fact there are people who are too scared to post for fear of aggressive replies, so the boards end up being one-sided viewpoints and the same posters just agreeing with each other.

I agree that an avatar would help identify posters. I am one who likes visual images so it would suit me.