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Bone issued a moderation note to puzzlegal for her response to ftg ’s response to my post regarding how to avoid getting bumped by the airlines.
The EASIEST way is to pay a little more for the flight. Upgrade to “more legroom” or for “early boarding” or something. Yeah, it will cost you more, but they rarely bump people involuntarily, and when they do, they generally start with the people who paid the least among those who have no status with the airline.
The EASIEST way is to pay a little more for the flight. Upgrade to “more legroom” or for “early boarding” or something. Yeah, it will cost you more, but they rarely bump people involuntarily, and when they do, they generally start with the people who paid the least among those who have no status with the airline.
No warning issued but the next time you post something similar your ass will get punted to Sweden.
I’m still trying to determine puzzlegal ’s infraction or even marginal infraction.
Bone just posted a rather non-credible “official warning ” on me - and no warning has shown up on my profile. And “Bone ” joined today and has only three posts.
I suspect shenanigans.
And doesn’t have the Moderator tag legit under the user name.
Ah yes, we have either a hacker, or a moderator-impersonator on our hands.
The comment about someone getting “their ass punted back to Sweden” didn’t sound in the least like Bone’s real vernacular, either.
Yep, that ain’t Bone. Looks like the “o” is special character.
Well it looks like Bone’s account had been duped and someone is having a bit of fun!
Folly
October 22, 2019, 11:09pm
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Oops. They fooled me momentarily as well.
Yep, he certainly gave me pause. And has now been reported.
Riemann
October 22, 2019, 11:17pm
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Color me (albeit not in moderator red) impressed with how well the hacker faked it. And for the fact that the “moderation” was, in retrospect, quite funny - especially the Sweden one - rather than offensive.
Walken_After_Midnight:
It’s skullduggery.
No it isn’t!
It’s skulduggery .
Bone
October 22, 2019, 11:20pm
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Seems to be a trouble maker. I’ll take care of it.
Folly
October 22, 2019, 11:21pm
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Apparently it’s Unicode Character “ο” (U+03BF) - Greek Small Letter Omicron
Folly
October 22, 2019, 11:22pm
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But which one is the real one? Quick, someone ask a question that only Bone would know!
I say if the impostor manages to ban the original, he’s earned the right to take his place.
Morgyn
October 22, 2019, 11:28pm
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For some reason, I was reminded of one of our former moderators, manhattan . He left a long time ago, though.
Gee, I wonder which poster banned by Bone today that might have been?..
Riemann
October 22, 2019, 11:33pm
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But who is this ? The hacker seems smart enough that he might now have deleted his original posts, substituted a real “o” for the fake one, added the “Moderator” tag to his fake identity, and deleted all genuine moderator accounts.