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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
There have been a few banned MobileRead members who have done that, assuming that a new account with a new user name will render them invisible. Unfortunately they always forget to alter their quite distinguishable bad behavior. A leopard can change his user name, but not his spots.
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I've been involved in a couple of those. If nothing else, they usually don't change where they're posting from, and moderators can compare originating IP addresses. Worst case, access from that IP address can be blocked. (Which is SOP for spammers.)
Getting outright banned instead of just a cooling off vacation takes doing, but some folks have managed it.
I expressed it once as "Imagine you step into an unfamiliar bar to have a drink, and suddenly a couple of locals get into a knock down drag out brawl in the bar. You're likely to leave and not come back. So it is with MR forums. You are welcome to believe what you like. You are welcome to
state your beliefs. You are
not welcome to make MR forums a place where other folks don't want to come because of your behavior."
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Dennis