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Somebody is impersonating users.

Last posted Feb 27, 2020 at 02:20PM EST. Added Feb 20, 2020 at 03:51PM EST
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https://knowyourmeme.com/users/patrickbateman96--4/wall

Somebody is impersonating users and posting porn, I also found this thread where it appears that some other users were impersonated in a similar manner.

Could somebody please get to the bottom of this before someone bans the wrong person by accident?

I thought it was flattering when they got to me some weeks ago
Correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s not like the wrong people are being banned though, so the overall threat feels low ATM

Mods were debating if we should make an announcement thread about this. I was sorta worried if doing that would end up feeding the troll, but I guess I can just post here.

This seems to be the same person that has been spamming porn a lot. We do spamban these accounts when we see them, so let us know. They have tried deactivating before we could ban, but this does not really make spambanning harder lol.

Just make sure to double check when a user seems to be posting something bad that this is indeed the real one. If not, let mods know, Discord will be the fastest.

Jill wrote:

Mods were debating if we should make an announcement thread about this. I was sorta worried if doing that would end up feeding the troll, but I guess I can just post here.

This seems to be the same person that has been spamming porn a lot. We do spamban these accounts when we see them, so let us know. They have tried deactivating before we could ban, but this does not really make spambanning harder lol.

Just make sure to double check when a user seems to be posting something bad that this is indeed the real one. If not, let mods know, Discord will be the fastest.

Does KYM have a way to implement an IP ban? That'd save all the trouble of having to contact mods every time for what probably is the same person, at least a small bit.

poochyena wrote:

Time for verified badges, like on twitter

Like blue checkmarks?
Despite their reputation, I think blue checkmarks or…any equivalent would work. Helps to differ who's real and who's an imposter.

UnknownCanadian wrote:

Does KYM have a way to implement an IP ban? That'd save all the trouble of having to contact mods every time for what probably is the same person, at least a small bit.

That generally is what a spamban does, but IPs are overal too easy to change. The main benefit of a spamban is that it auto-deletes all their contributions right away, costing just 2 clicks and maybe 10 seconds to undo what they probably spend much longer on.

poochyena wrote:

Time for verified badges, like on twitter

I feel like this would solve one problem and cause another one.

I'd rather have some some automatic display for all posts by users with brand new accounts. An anti-checkmark if you will. For your first month, let's say, there's some mark accompanying all of your posts that makes it obvious in cases of impersonation.

Naturally no plan is troll proof, but I don't think the serial impostor is going to bother making accounts a month or whatever in advance.

An alternative to using time to decide would be title. Until you have a non-default title there's some sort of mark. An outline around your profile pic, a "Hi I'm new" nametag thing, whatever.

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I suggested something similar on the discord; set a time limit to when someone can upload an avatar. Don't let new users upload an avatar until a few days or weeks after the account is made.

I think not letting users have a profile in the beginning would be unfair to actual new users. I'd rather see something that displays titles or draws attention to which users are new. It can be used as a positive so you can welcome new users first time posting, and also make it easier to identify porn bots, spam bots, and the guy we're talking about in this thread.

If the effect is purely time based, someone can make those accounts and wait it out. I think whatever new user aura there would be would have to expire based on making posts – too many for someone to spam in a single day. Or if they did spam that much, it would be something people would notice as unusual.

If we did go with a verified status, I think checkmarks is going to bring KYM vs Twitter tribalism to a head. I'd rather have accounts unlock the ability to display something that new accounts don't have. I'd also like it if the way to become verified was to simply have an account for so long and/or contribute some amount rather than having to petition mods. And if some established user doesn't want to display such a thing they can go to some profile option and turn it off.

Kenaron wrote:

I feel like this would solve one problem and cause another one.

I'd rather have some some automatic display for all posts by users with brand new accounts. An anti-checkmark if you will. For your first month, let's say, there's some mark accompanying all of your posts that makes it obvious in cases of impersonation.

Naturally no plan is troll proof, but I don't think the serial impostor is going to bother making accounts a month or whatever in advance.

An alternative to using time to decide would be title. Until you have a non-default title there's some sort of mark. An outline around your profile pic, a "Hi I'm new" nametag thing, whatever.

Wasn't "brand new member" a title for new users at one point on here? What happened to that.

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Mate, have you thought about getting a life & stopping with the porn spamming? It would help to do such a thing.

Then again, considering what you've posted, I doubt you'd be willing to give up.

Jazz Wizard wrote:

I give them a day before theyre impersonating someone again.

And it looks like you were on the money. Hours to spare even.

So hey, this guy keeps making new accounts and getting banned, but seems to flood me with negative karma before he goes. Why does the karma given by banned accounts stick around? This seems like a mechanism for bot abuse, and I'm sure we're going to see political bots this election season.

I mean I realize this isn't Reddit or anything but its still dumb. These accounts when they get removed take all their posts, like this guy twice in this thread so far.

No, I've been doing this almost everyday for 7 years. I'm
gonna keep doing it until Mods permanently banned me,
which they can`t. hahahaha. What are they gonna do?
Ban me again? I'll just create another account and post
porn using a vpn. They can't do shit.

Excellent copypasta. Generally I ignore his presence, like living next to a railroad and no longer noticing the trains passing by in due time, but every now and then you get a gem and I appreciate the existance of autism again.

Last edited Feb 21, 2020 at 04:16PM EST

PatrickBateman96 wrote:

This dude posted porn on my wall and I'm not gonna lie, I got a bit of a chub in my shorts

I had that happen as well and honestly… I don't think my poor eyes can forget what I saw. I need to pour some bleach to get that image out.

Last edited Feb 21, 2020 at 05:24PM EST

"I've been doing this almost everyday for 7 years"

>actually aware of the extend of their efforts onto something like this

Bad parenting is one hell of a drug, huh.

No, I've been doing this almost everyday for 7 years. I'm
gonna keep doing it until Mods permanently banned me,
which they can`t. hahahaha. What are they gonna do?
Ban me again? I'll just create another account and post
porn using a vpn. They can't do shit.

>"almost everyday for 7 years"
>"7 years"
>a certain account was banned 3 years ago
>that account was made 4 years prior to that banning
>the owner of the account frequently boasted about having hundreds of alts

Somehow Palpitoed Epyc Wyn returned…

Even if Mods banned me. At Least, they'll remember me.

This..Your reports.. Your Complaints you wrote on Forums are my Legacy and I will come back here and laugh about it.

And everybody will know my existence. Heck, My reputation even reached twitter

Last edited Feb 21, 2020 at 07:19PM EST

What a worthless "legacy".
To seek some sort of pathetic validation through such a feeble, and meaningless way by being a mild nuisance at best.

7 supposed years accumulating in people rolling their eyes at the thought of such childishness.

Congratulation, you've accomplished nothing, and will continue to be nothing in the eyes of those you seek validation from.

EpyccWynn wrote:

Even if Mods banned me. At Least, they'll remember me.

This..Your reports.. Your Complaints you wrote on Forums are my Legacy and I will come back here and laugh about it.

And everybody will know my existence. Heck, My reputation even reached twitter

Vros, how much soy is this guy on?

The only way this whole thing makes sense is if Epyc Wynn is a sockpuppet of some other user. He's invested enough to do this whole thing, and spends enough time to get to know many users. He has to have a non-banned account.

StoneColdKillerWhale wrote:

What a worthless "legacy".
To seek some sort of pathetic validation through such a feeble, and meaningless way by being a mild nuisance at best.

7 supposed years accumulating in people rolling their eyes at the thought of such childishness.

Congratulation, you've accomplished nothing, and will continue to be nothing in the eyes of those you seek validation from.

Seeing how these things tend to go, theyll be forgotten within the week they inevitably stop. Such is the way of most internet things like this.

Epyc Wynn =/= Pornposter

Just getting that out there. The "EpyccWynn" account you see post there is another impersonation.


Vros, how much soy is this guy on?

Does soy mix with prozac?

Last edited Feb 22, 2020 at 06:28AM EST

Kenaron wrote:

The only way this whole thing makes sense is if Epyc Wynn is a sockpuppet of some other user. He's invested enough to do this whole thing, and spends enough time to get to know many users. He has to have a non-banned account.

I say we make a list of suspects. Here's mine.
Matt
Evidence: All of his entries suck so and his avatar is a photo of him looking smug as fuck. Why is he so smug. Could it be because he's an admin he can post porn and get away with it?
Mistress Fortune
Evidence: She posts tons of fetish shit
RandomMan
Evidence: none, I just don't like him

I think if an admin wanted to cause trouble, perhaps to ensure job security, there are more destructive things than posting porn. I'm not gonna post 'em here to give this guy any ideas though.

I'm trying to profile this guy based on his obviously pro-Trump posts I saw and him at the same time being a fan of poochyena. That Venn diagram intersection has to be small.

RandomMan wrote:

Epyc Wynn =/= Pornposter

Just getting that out there. The "EpyccWynn" account you see post there is another impersonation.


Vros, how much soy is this guy on?

Does soy mix with prozac?

Do you know who the pornposter is then?

Kenaron wrote:

I think if an admin wanted to cause trouble, perhaps to ensure job security, there are more destructive things than posting porn. I'm not gonna post 'em here to give this guy any ideas though.

I'm trying to profile this guy based on his obviously pro-Trump posts I saw and him at the same time being a fan of poochyena. That Venn diagram intersection has to be small.

What if he's an ironic Pro-Trumper? Doing it to trigger people more than because he actually agrees with Trump? Not saying he definitely is, but we have to consider all possibilities here.

And when you say he's a fan of Poochyena, do you mean that he's a fan of Pooch on KYM or Pooch's costume stuff business? It just seems weird to me that an unironic Pro-Trumper would be a fan of Poochyena.

Nonetheless, I think we should try to get more profiling on him done. Is there any way the Staff or Admins could save his comments somewhere for analysis, maybe start keeping logs of when he shows up too. It could maybe help us figure out his Timezone and location unless he's either being too sporadic or active at a weird time.

And would obscenity charges be a possibility with this guy? I'd like him gone for good, I'm tired of randomly seeing his messes all over the site.

Kenaron wrote:

I think any further guessing about this guy's M.O. should happen somewhere that he can't log in and see it.

…huh, didn't think about that…

All further planning should either be in PMs or some sort of super secret Discord server or something like that.

Kenetic Kups wrote:

Do you know who the pornposter is then?

There are some theories and he dumped some names, but in general the mods literally do not care and go with "pornguy". Like I said in my first post: It's like living next to a railroad, at one point you stop caring and don't even notice the trains passing by.

Last edited Feb 23, 2020 at 06:30PM EST
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