Expectations

[Sazaho]

Absolutely understood. I would never even have considered telling anyone this. I'm not trying to pick fights with anyone when I state this, but we need to respect everyone's privacy. With that said, I don't approve of Buildism staff posting IP logs for the community to see, even if the IPs are covered. I already made my point to Ashely, but I think she disagreed with me on this one. Regardless, I'm going to push a new staff-based rule to prevent any staff member from posting these logs in the future.

These logs give away alt accounts from users to the community. I don't care if the user did something wrong or not, or even if this member "deserved it". Posting these logs violates their privacy, and quite frankly, It's none of the community's business to view these IP logs that list *possible* alternative accounts.

The other day, as many of you know, a moderator (Paradox) posted an IP log for Kieron on the public forum. All of his alts, and even an innocent member who did nothing wrong (other than logging into Kieron's account because Kieron told him to) was banned without proper evidence that this member was Kieron. He was banned only because he was on the IP log list, and that is where I must step in and say that this, right here, is completely unacceptable.

What if I logged into Kieron's account? Would I be framed as Kieron too and be banned? That's just one reason why posting these logs on the public community forums is a bad idea.

Another reason would be this: What if you guys posted my IP log? What if I had alternative accounts that I didn't want people to know about? What if I was framed for being someone who I am not by the public? I rest my case.

So, with all of that said, let me tell you how this relates to Jupiter being Glome. What if I decided to post his IP log on the public forums for the community's viewing? Wouldn't that be just as wrong as doing the same thing when it comes down to Reterator being Kieron? I rest my case again.

I quite agree, IP logs should not be shown to the rest of the community and should stay a private subject. Another thing to think of here is the IP exposed-member may feel quite bad at the fact that a lot of people know what other accounts they own and quit, and even if they don't quit they may be shunned by others, and will especially dislike the exposer.