Cary Wrote:
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> > Why did you ban Alias?
>
> The user that posts here as "Alias" has been
> banned over 50 times. This user has a years-long
> posting history under various handles and
> pseudonyms.
>
> At one point this user was impersonating me
> personally, claiming to be "The Moderator" while
> at the same time posting racist and homophobic
> material in an apparent attempt to discredit the
> forum as a whole.
>
> The user Alias consistently used tor exit-nodes,
> cell network dynamic IP addresses and other proxy
> servers to evade bans, conceal their identity and
> generally make moderation of their comments en
> masse nearly impossible.
>
> "Alias" recently edited out (blanked out) many of
> the their early posts in an attempt to distance
> themselves from this earlier abuse. The ability
> of "Alias" to edit old posts has just been removed
> and I may reverse their edits in the near future.
>
> Most damning is that I've never seen any evidence
> to suggest this poster is even based in Northern
> Virginia. All evidence suggests that this poster
> is based out of the Richmond, VA area. I have FAR
> less tolerance for abuse from users outside of
> Northern Virginia.
>
> Please see these threads (from 2008) to explain a
> bit more of the history, although they're
> admittedly hard to follow now that Alias edited
> out all of their comments:
>
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/2/114
> 073/114073.html
>
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/21
> 5674/page-1.html
>
> Mass disruption of legitimate uses of this forum,
> especially attempts to discredit the forum as a
> whole by users not even located in Northern
> Virginia are NEVER tolerated.
>
> Alias is prolific, intelligent, and well-versed at
> disrupting the normal discourse in an unmoderated
> forum while concealing their identity. After
> years of dealing with on-again off-again abuse
> from this individual the decision was finally made
> to ban them entirely.
>
> Had this poster ACTUALLY been based out of
> Northern Virginia I would have been far more
> lenient in my moderation and bans.
>
> - Cary (the admin)
This is sad, Cary. Very sad, indeed. (sounds like Alias)
You didn't answer the question, but instead, you chose to play the "Moderator is Alias" nonsense, from four years ago.
BTW, no one actually thought the Moderator was you, Cary, just as an FYI. (well, except for Vince, when she asked him to refrain from making rude comments to Republicans.. ha!)
Your comment about homophobia and racism is silly, Cary, so let's pretend you didn't write that.
In the same way you banned Alias, four years ago, you banned her again, although, this time you claimed she was Mr. Misery and Meade Skelton - a far more ridiculous accusation(s).
Yet, you know Alias only made those few posts on that one Sunday afternoon. And, you are aware that she regrets doing that.
You mention that she is deleting her posts. Yes, she is. But, if you recall, Cary, she sent you an email.
In that email, she expressed her lack of understanding as to why you'd suddenly banned her. She also thanked you for the good times and the laughs.
In that same email, she asked if you would remove her account, should you have no intention of releasing the ban.
You never responded to her email, Cary.
So, she began the process of deleting her posts.... slowly erasing herself from your message board.
Good ol' eesh did offer to help.
He asked Alias to give him her account password. Alias declined his kind offer. He asked a second time; she declined again.
Cary, you didn't ban Alias because of a few stupid posts she made one Sunday afternoon.
Whatever your real reason, it no longer matters.
BUT..... Alias would like to finish the process of deleting herself from your message board, so if you'd be so kind as to allow her to do so, she will agree to leave when she's finished, and never return.
It's a good deal, Cary. In the end, she'll be gone and that will make eesh very happy.
I await your response.
Thank you.