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Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?

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Question: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?  (Voting closed: January 03, 2007, 12:17:37 PM)
They're funny, let them be.  Freedom forever! - 8 (34.8%)
Close the accounts.  They're annoying - 15 (65.2%)
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #30 on: January 02, 2007, 01:15:39 PM »
Quote from: dystopia on January 02, 2007, 01:12:26 PM

  I don't really like to login to the admin account, it makes me feel unclean.


Kinda like the way when Borat kicks his sister out of the house each month?
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #31 on: January 02, 2007, 01:17:21 PM »
Quote from: dystopia on January 02, 2007, 01:14:14 PM


Looks like he just changed his name....

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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #32 on: January 02, 2007, 01:18:08 PM »
Quote from: Aske on January 02, 2007, 01:17:21 PM
Quote from: dystopia on January 02, 2007, 01:14:14 PM


Looks like he just changed his name....

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If it's the SN I think it is, it's highly apropos for this thread.
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #33 on: January 02, 2007, 01:19:07 PM »
Quote from: Clive on January 02, 2007, 01:13:41 PM
Is there a character limit on the reason entry?

I'm not sure if the html field has a limit, but the database field for description has a 255 character limit.
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #34 on: January 02, 2007, 01:42:54 PM »
Quote from: dystopia on January 02, 2007, 12:31:52 PM

This is a tough call because I feel that anarchy should prevail around here, but it makes it harder to recruit people to this site when the front page is full of the puttnfool/prokrop show (or even worse, caricatures of them).  It may give a newbie the wrong impression of this place.



I don't mind fake personas, double account makers should be OK unless they are abusing karma or some crap.

I feel differently about the actual person fakes though. 

I find them funny, well, I found one of them funny, once, one time, for a second.   Grin

The guys you mentioned on the front page can have a few effects, it depends how many you would call desired.

Someone who knows them already might see the names and think it's the real them and say 'well, fug that, I can't stand those dip*feces*s! this site is not for me' etc.

Similarly, someone might believe it is them and start conversing with them and continue to believe it's them even after what the rest of us can see as blatent rib tickling.  I think this is the area it could be harmful to the person being 'portrayed'.  Depends how much hate you have, I guess, I prefer to feel the love.   Tongue

A casual observer is very likely to think 'wtf is up with that site, ragging on those poor new guys like that?'  In my opinion, they would then be less likely to come out of lurk mode or make posts in that environment.

At the end of the day, I don't give a dog's sausage though, apathy rules.

I mean, anarchy rules!!!
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #35 on: January 02, 2007, 01:49:17 PM »
I vote no on impersonation accounts, or at least impersonations of FGI members. If someone wanted to impersonate a famous real person, like Bill Bixby or Skeletor, I'd be ok with that.
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« Reply #36 on: January 02, 2007, 01:55:03 PM »
Quote from: TFT on January 02, 2007, 01:42:54 PM
Similarly, someone might believe it is them and start conversing with them and continue to believe it's them even after what the rest of us can see as blatent rib tickling.  I think this is the area it could be harmful to the person being 'portrayed'.  Depends how much hate you have, I guess, I prefer to feel the love.   Tongue

A casual observer is very likely to think 'wtf is up with that site, ragging on those poor new guys like that?'  In my opinion, they would then be less likely to come out of lurk mode or make posts in that environment.


Yeah, makes sense.

Ban the impersonators (and the people they impersonate)!!!!!
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« Reply #37 on: January 02, 2007, 02:07:32 PM »
I have to admit,  I'm an admin impersonator
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #38 on: January 02, 2007, 02:14:22 PM »
....starting with admin impersonators
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« Reply #39 on: January 02, 2007, 02:17:41 PM »
I know a couple who are *bunghole* impersonators.

At least, I think it's an impersonation.

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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #40 on: January 02, 2007, 02:55:29 PM »
Quote from: TFT on January 02, 2007, 02:17:41 PM
I know a couple who are *bunghole* impersonators.

At least, I think it's an impersonation.

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no. i am the real *bunghole* i appear as. Devil
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #41 on: January 02, 2007, 03:51:48 PM »
Maybe it's just because I'm a non-FGI-er, and don't have the background on these characters, but:

Someone acting like someone who acts like an *bunghole* is no different from someone just plain acting like an *bunghole*. 
 

But, I'm probably Dead Horse
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #42 on: January 02, 2007, 05:31:32 PM »
Quote from: dystopia on January 02, 2007, 12:31:52 PM
This is a tough call because I feel that anarchy should prevail around here, but it makes it harder to recruit people to this site when the front page is full of the puttnfool/prokrop show (or even worse, caricatures of them). It may give a newbie the wrong impression of this place.

Exactly. Smiley
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #43 on: January 02, 2007, 05:31:45 PM »
Quote from: Art Vandelay on January 02, 2007, 12:34:43 PM
Quote from: dystopia on January 02, 2007, 12:31:52 PM
Hmm, interesting voting so far. Scratches Head  I changed the poll to leave it open for 24 hours.

I've also said in the past that the karma feature is a nice tool to see how welcome people are around here, so feel free to let the applause/smiting fly if you feel strongly about one of the characters in question.  That could be interpreted as the real person or the impersonated person, I guess it doesn't matter.

This is a tough call because I feel that anarchy should prevail around here, but it makes it harder to recruit people to this site when the front page is full of the puttnfool/prokrop show (or even worse, caricatures of them).  It may give a newbie the wrong impression of this place.


That's a pretty good dystopia impersonation!!

Who are you, really?

lol Cheesy
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Re: Impersonation accounts - love 'em or leave 'em?
« Reply #44 on: January 02, 2007, 05:40:31 PM »
Quote from: worst_golfer_ever on January 02, 2007, 03:51:48 PM
Maybe it's just because I'm a non-FGI-er,

I had no idea.  How'd you find this joint.  And since this seems an appropriate enough thread, can you validate your screen name?  Wink
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