There are two users on here currently that are cloning Christians' accounts. One of the Christians is john_d_ayer, the other is Jesus Saves (with a picture of a cross against the backdrop of a sunset).
Have these children no other defense than to resort to these kinds of attacks?
Now, I don't know if these people doing the cloning are atheists, Buddhists, Muslims, Wiccans, pagans, agnostics, or what...but (this is the REAL question) how can we, as a community, discourage this kind of activity?
2007-11-14 00:18:36 · 15 answers · asked by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Okay, I'm sorry, I assumed that a user below was a clone because they have an avatar identical to another user, and user name similar to the person with that same avatar.
I shouldn't assume, but I did anyway. I shouldn't have.
2007-11-14 00:39:52 · update #1
I do agree that cloning accounts is inappropriate. It could be done out of immaturity, just plain dirty pool, or as you've suggested, for defense ("Have these children no other defense than to resort to these kinds of attacks?") It seems to be on the same level as reporting people who don't share a point of view, but have done nothing else objectionable.
2007-11-14 00:38:49 · answer #1 · answered by Incognito 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well before Yahoo started pulling accounts like mad, it was pretty easy to tell a clone. Now it has gotten harder since half the people here are level 1 or 2.
But if you are sure it is a clone hit the report button. That is one of the few things I will report.
2007-11-14 00:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I assume by 'cloning' we are talking about users with multiple yahoo accounts. I know yahoo does allow multiple accounts, but I don't know about yahoo answers. I see no reason for having more than 1 account on answers, although many people have multiple email accounts. As for being moral or not, I can see nothing immoral in cloning here, although I see that it is highly unethical and reprehensible.
2007-11-14 04:22:17 · answer #3 · answered by Dondi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you see it's a clone, report it as one, there's a box in the reporting section for additional information, put "this account is a clone" and eventually they'll get deleted.
In all honesty, I don't notice people's accounts very much, I vote a thumbs up/down according to the answer, not the account.
2007-11-14 00:24:46 · answer #4 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cricket; that was very humble of you to apologize. We all make mistakes.
Back to cloning. No it is not a moral thing to do. I believe though that the cloner in not doing any harm to anyone else other than themselves. It is very easy to spot a clone. The date of their account starting up is there for everyone to see. They really make themselves look pretty dumb if they think others are not going to notice that.
2007-11-14 01:55:35 · answer #5 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cloning sucks. Thankfully it's usually pretty easy to spot a clone, because the views they share are the polar opposite of the person they're cloning. It's pretty ridiculous. If you disagree with someone, hopefully you are intelligent enough to counter them with your real account instead of having to resort to childish mockery.
2007-11-14 00:53:03 · answer #6 · answered by Rachel loves lasagna 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There have been several such incidences recently and and nearly as bad is the "ban wars" that hit various individuals.
Stopping this sort of thing would probably take several full time moderators. Writing to Yahoo, in mass, to express the problem with cloning might help.
2007-11-14 00:26:37 · answer #7 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-08 21:30:21 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that would be worse than genocide.
And no, I'm not a clone. I'm not pretending to be anybody. This is my avatar and this is my name. I've never made any claims about being anybody other than who I am.
Thank you for being presumptuous.
I think it is clear from my name that I am not this other person. Anybody who thinks that I am, clearly has no business making these claims.
2007-11-14 00:29:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Clonning is prohibited in this section of yahoo. Report him to be blocked.
2007-11-14 00:22:46 · answer #10 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋