Meta: can mods identify burner accounts?
Wondering if there is a way, or a care, for mods or site owners to identify those people with burner accounts that are insta-replying to their own comments or mass downvoting posters.
For instance, there are a few new accounts that are mass downvoting one of our few insiders and putting him into defense mode. It's clear it's the same troll. The same account will post some rediculous take and immediately comment with "oh man, great point well done blah blah blah".
October 23rd, 2018 at 10:20 PM ^
I still can't see the up/down vote buttons. My account is not new. What gives?
October 24th, 2018 at 11:51 AM ^
LOG IN.
If you are not winning the lottery, buy a ticket.
October 23rd, 2018 at 7:57 PM ^
I'm pretty sure it's just the Russians
October 23rd, 2018 at 8:06 PM ^
I've been downvoting umbig11. Not because he may or may not be an insider, but because he's been acting childish as shit.
Seriously, he has Ace Williams level of maturity.
October 23rd, 2018 at 8:10 PM ^
Pot. Kettle. Black.
October 23rd, 2018 at 8:32 PM ^
Maybe, I try to be pretty level-headed here and most definitely stay away after losses. Apologies if I've ever offended.
October 23rd, 2018 at 8:55 PM ^
I don't see umbig11 particularly caring about a couple of people negging him. I do think that if you are going to put yourself out there as an insider and then, rightly or wrongly, get things wrong, you should be able to accept some level of backlash.
October 23rd, 2018 at 9:54 PM ^
When I reviewed the spat between UMBIG11 and FatGuyTouchdown myself, this was what I saw as well. It got heated between the two, but the only action I took as a moderator was to block It's Always Marcia. That account is pure garbage. I'm sure it will reincarnate as some other version in a day or so, but for now that account can be silent.
October 24th, 2018 at 6:29 AM ^
Thank you. He only has a few more that he can actually start threads with plus is main account which he knows not to act the same way in.
October 24th, 2018 at 11:40 AM ^
I don't associate myself with that other dude. He's just a troll.
October 23rd, 2018 at 8:20 PM ^
This is exactly what a burner account would ask.
October 23rd, 2018 at 8:23 PM ^
The only thing you have to remember about burner accounts is to not do something monumentally stupid, like say, use an avatar related to your real one.
Don't do that and your golden.
October 23rd, 2018 at 8:39 PM ^
And make sure to logout of your primary account when talking to yourself!
October 23rd, 2018 at 9:22 PM ^
Excellent point.
October 23rd, 2018 at 9:15 PM ^
Why not call the profiles out instead of the cryptic hints?
I wanna know who to look out for.
October 23rd, 2018 at 9:56 PM ^
I think the OP is referring to the UMBIG11 and FatGuyTouchdown spat that has been brewing over the last week or so. I could be wrong, but this is my best guess.
October 23rd, 2018 at 10:05 PM ^
Does downvoting/upvoting even mean anything at this point ? I’m pretty sure everyone has been stuck at the same total since mgoblog 3.0 launched
edit: nevermind , I should’ve fully read the replies that talk about this . Any updates on when one can edit the OP, though , Seth ?
October 24th, 2018 at 2:01 AM ^
Wish I could neg this post
October 24th, 2018 at 6:34 AM ^
If you have access to the logs then you can see the IP but as others have stated here you can easily get around that. One way to make it more difficult is to move to a two-factor authentication system like Google Authenticator.
October 24th, 2018 at 12:26 PM ^
It amazes me how seriously people regard fake internet points that aren't redeemable for anything.