Impersonating users deleted/perm-banned, including most notably "Leuders"

I checked that point with Alex, he explained that he already had his suspicions about the guy, so he upped the conditions. He doesn't do that routinely.

David

He had suspicions regarding my application to join Skeptiko, yes. Did I point him to my posts here, yes. That was why he did not permit me to join. he doesn't share my POV.

Heck, all I wanted was to use the Ignore function to make SF more useful.

Turns out our newly resident skeptic, Leuders, was merely an impersonator of the real Leuders: https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?tit...id=1869794

As well as perm-banning that account, we have deleted several other accounts created by the same individual who created the Leuders account:

• Eveshi
  
• Victor Zammit
  
• Michael Prescott
  
• Michael E. Tymn
  
• Laird pseudoscience promoter
  
• Andrew B. Chun
  

The previously deleted accounts, Mac, JonDonnis, badpsychics.com (the last of which was never activated, and which we hadn't mentioned deleting until now) were also under the control of this same individual.

So, who is this individual? We think best evidence points to the individual(s) described by Rome Viharo on his page, Oliver Smith’s Dark Entanglement.

I don't think there is a focal point for the forum attacks but this is the same guy/gal/team that has followed me around Usenet, now the Internet, for years. lol I understand that it is a moderation nightmare with no solid answers but it is damn funny...to me at least. I can't count the number of impersonations - and the results of them - that have occurred.

It hearts my feewings, yes it does. 

I don't think there is a focal point for the forum attacks but this is the same guy/gal/team that has followed me around Usenet, now the Internet, for years. lol I understand that it is a moderation nightmare with no solid answers but it is damn funny...to me at least. I can't count the number of impersonations - and the results of them - that have occurred.

It hearts my feewings, yes it does. 

Oh. Dog is to bark as cat is to ... ?

I'm a pretty big joker and I wasn't put off by it. I sometimes created 2-3 IDs at a time with brand new gmail and yahoo addresses. Wrote Alex a quick note and had my new IDs within a couple of hours depending on when he checked e-mail.

But I don't think it is needed for this forum. It is in the best interests of a lively discussion with maximum participants that joining be easy and nearly instant. The admins here are doing an admirable job of sussing out the bad eggs.

I'm glad you feel proud of what you did.

David

I'm glad you feel proud of what you did.

David

Amused. No pride involved. You have cleverly banned all my sock-pups long ago. No interest any longer in Skeptiko. I'm no match for your moderating prowess. Seriously. You run a clean tight ship.

Hopefully the folks here will reflect soberly on your actions and take them fully into account.

Out of interest, is Pssst one of yours?  There is something very unreal about him and some of his claims.

You flatter me. My accounts were always just based on making stupid jokes and teasing people in authority. This is my real ID. I don't have any other ID here. And no need to.

Oh. Dog is to bark as cat is to ... ?

pussy? 

Brian Wrote: [url=http://psiencequest.net/forums/post-5479.html#pid5479][/url]Out of interest, is Pssst one of yours?  There is something very unreal about him and some of his claims.
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You flatter me. My accounts were always just based on making stupid jokes and teasing people in authority. This is my real ID. I don't have any other ID here. And no need to.

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Yes, he is me. Unreally.