Member Management

Inb4 "I lost my password so I made a new account".... "or these are my sisters accounts and we're on the same pc"

^ Pretty much the first thing you speculated. When asked to list his other usernames he couldn't recall any of them

Based on observations this member has been problematic since day #1. He has had multiple violations and given many chances to improve his behavior involving promoting his fan site, hotlinking, putting tags on random Candice images & posting them, and altercations with other members in Candice's thread.

I personally am fed up with his BS but I will accept whatever the majority thinks is the best course of action. Thoughts?

Buh byes then

So this the response i got from PB about the multiple accounts. lostdiadem also sent me a message after she got locked out of her account. So their excuse is they are friends...two people running the same tumblr? I'm not sure...

How do I respond to this? thoughts? 

 ^ It's always the response. 

Since we have no conclusive evidence either way do we go on gut feelings, and perhaps we should vote on it? Should we just let it pass? It's a hard call to have to make

Looking at their profiles closer I looked at the twitter accounts they have listed, and they say they are married to eachother (of course I don't think actually married)

https://twitter.com/peroxide_blonde

https://twitter.com/lostdiadem

Funny neither of them have xostrikeapose listed in their bios on their twitter pages, but both have them on BZ with PB on her member title, and lostdiadem on her bio.

Also both have seperate instagram pages listed in their bio, and I guess they don't seem to be the same person

http://instagram.com/diamondveil/

http://instagram.com/lostdiadem/

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So what evidence do we have that they are the same person? Same/similar IP adresses? Like are they posting  similar posting/writing styles and avatars and signitures (both say made by me), same tumblr listed in the members profiles (which is oddly not listed in neither their twitter nor instagram accounts, where they each have a seperate tumblr account linked) 

On the other hand, one could say it is possible that both PB and lostdiadem could be friends and both run xostrikeapose.tumblr, and one suggested to another that they join BZ. 

But I'm not too experienced to know weather or not this is something that is just too coincidental or if this is quite common.

I cannot say I am 100% sure they are the same person but there is definitely something shady going on. They both have similar profile formats and they consistently post right after each other especially in competitions. Even if they are BFFs it is odd 9/10 times they post within minutes of each other---it is too consistent to be coincidental.

This is a tough call but I do think at least one of them needs go

Also both asked me if it was because I was upset about the comment about Ashley Smith in the SI thread, and said that we should be warning them before their accounts are put on hold.

I then responded:

I cannot say I am 100% sure they are the same person but there is definitely something shady going on. They both have similar profile formats and they consistently post right after each other especially in competitions. Even if they are BFFs it is odd 9/10 times they post within minutes of each other---it is too consistent to be coincidental.

This is a tough call but I do think at least one of them needs go

Exactly...also noticed that both were also just on at the same time again. Also could be a case (wouldnt be the first time I've seen on twitter) that a person makes an account and makes another account to act as a backup or a friend to the original account. 

Do we ever ask them about the coincidences or does mentioning it allow them to make a better excuse? 

EDIT: she just messaged me back asking if I can unlock her account now  

Appleauto is back. Her thread's gonna get exciting again

Kat I wouldn't mention anything about the coincidences, if he/she/they are smart they'll be able to figure out exactly why the staff is watching them.

OK I won't let them know about the suspicions. They keep asking me to unlock it:

they still have  yet to explain anything else besides "we are not the same person" 

how should we proceed? 

Appleauto is back. Her thread's gonna get exciting again

NOOO it was so great everything was going SO WELL like there was actual Barbara pictures and I found myself being a fan again mehh  

OK I won't let them know about the suspicions. They keep asking me to unlock it:

 

 

 

 

they still have  yet to explain anything else besides "we are not the same person" 

 

how should we proceed? 

One of them has sent me a PM asking me what's going and why their account won't be unlocked. I think we need to put it to a vote maybe? Or at the very least put them on mod watch for awhile till we have proof either way?

^I agree, while I do think its highly likely they are the same person, I guess mod-watch would be best at the moment until we get more opinions from other staff, and come to a conclusion because they aren't laying off.  

I unlocked both members accounts and put them on mod-watch for 30 days.

pb presented me with some facebook accounts, and claims she is Paola, and Benedetta is lostdiadem

https://www.facebook.com/paola.gambarini.52

https://www.facebook.com/benedetta.capitini

I guess the only thing that doesn't settle right with me is both claiming xostrikeapose.tumblr as the tumblr on thier pages, and while claiming they are friends and "married" to eachother have no photos with eachother. 

But I mean it is possible that they met over the internet and are just internet buddies/fans IDK. 

More of the same, Peroxideblonde sent me this:

 

hi, katchitup told me the Bellazon staff believe that i may have violated the multiple accounts rule, i already tell her it's not true, i'm still waiting my account to be unlocked, she still have to answer me..i have waited more that a day and still nothing, can you help me?

^ I got the same thing, and I feel little desire to respond to it lol

And another: