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Benzgirl 02-14-2008 10:34 PM

How can GC Duplicate Screen Names
 
GC allowed a troll (Allona, JollyGreenGiant, Sedrick) register under the same screen name tonight. Jon, How is this possible?

UGAalum94 02-14-2008 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl (Post 1601180)
GC allowed a troll (Allona, JollyGreenGiant, Sedrick) register under the same screen name tonight. Jon, How is this possible?

There's no slight difference, like an underscore or something?

Often when particularly insane trolls returned, they made slight changes to the user name that you didn't notice unless you looked for them.

SWTXBelle 02-14-2008 10:38 PM

Do you mean BenzGUY?

Benzgirl 02-14-2008 10:42 PM

BenzGuy and the Benzgirl that registered within the last hour. Duplicated my sig on both

SWTXBelle 02-14-2008 10:44 PM

WTH?

Benzgirl 02-14-2008 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 1601190)
WTH?

Yep. Compare the number of posts

UGAalum94 02-14-2008 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Вenzgirl (Post 1601191)
And no, there is no small change on their names.

It's nice of you to provide the demonstration.

Unregistered- 02-14-2008 11:36 PM

Is the Benzgirl the Sequel using an I instead of an L for the username? AFAIK, duplicate usernames aren't allowed.

John's been around lately. I say just ignore the trolls and notify John/Super Mods ASAP. I'd encourage the rest of GC to do the same.

Benzgirl 02-14-2008 11:37 PM

Damn, he talks to himself.

Xylochick216 02-14-2008 11:37 PM

Capital i instead of L. Someone did that with my AOL SN years ago. It freaked me out, and they got banned.

Benzgirl 02-14-2008 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Xylochick216 (Post 1601236)
Capital i instead of L. Someone did that with my AOL SN years ago. It freaked me out, and they got banned.


So that is how the troll duplicated my name and his former screen name (Allona). Smart girl!
I have sent NUMEROUS messages to John, but he hasn't answered.

PenguinTrax 02-15-2008 12:30 AM

The names are subtly different through the use of fonts and characters to represent letters. Very clever but now banned.

SAEalumnus 02-15-2008 12:32 AM

I got a few of them myself. Did we miss any?

Unregistered- 02-15-2008 12:53 AM

Hey Super Mods,

Why was it that the cloned usernames never appeared in the Members List?

SAEalumnus 02-15-2008 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by OTW (Post 1601298)
Hey Super Mods,

Why was it that the cloned usernames never appeared in the Members List?

Because they're using special characters in their usernames that either makes it transparent to the memberlist, or puts it on the list but in a counterintuitive location.

Unregistered- 02-15-2008 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by SAEalumnus (Post 1601314)
Because they're using special characters in their usernames that either makes it transparent to the memberlist, or puts it on the list but in a counterintuitive location.

Wow. I'm no computer nerd, so I'm curious. It's it like ASCII where, if you put certain combinations of characters, you get a letter, number, or object?

For example, my display name on Myspace begins with a heart. To get that object to show up, I have to type "♥" (obviously without the quotations)...was that how he was able to clone her name?

Thanks for getting rid of them!

1908Revelations 02-15-2008 04:23 PM

One of the PB trolls was chaging his post count around. It would go from 5 to 65 in one post.

RushLeader08 02-15-2008 05:28 PM

omfg its these people that make you call me a troll?:mad: finally you see that i am not a troll and that i am a nice normal person compared to these crazies!!!:rolleyes:

Tom Earp 02-15-2008 05:42 PM

Good luck to that!:)

You can PM me!:)


Funny isnt't it?:rolleyes:

Benzgirl 02-15-2008 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Earp (Post 1601626)
Good luck to that!:)

You can PM me!:)


Funny isnt't it?:rolleyes:

So Earpus, What is so funny about it?

Tom Earp 02-15-2008 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl (Post 1601649)
So Earpus, What is so funny about it?


You do not find it is funny?


Stuff happens doesn't it. No, it is not me by any stretch of the imagination!:)

OOPs!;)

Benzgirl 02-15-2008 06:37 PM

Trust me, the sock puppet knew Computers. He knew how to change the font to WYSIWYG in order bypass the security of a duplicate screen name, but was able to display it so that it looked like a duplicate name.

Trust me, I would never think you could pull that off.


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