I'm no fan of Lobsters. So I've no skin in the game. But it is one thing to say that those people you wrote about in your comment were banned for spamming and it is a totally different thing to say that they were banned for sockpuppetting (when they were not). The former is correct representation of what's there in the mod logs. The latter is a blatant misrepresentation of the mod logs. This misrepresentation is misleading to unsuspecting readers.
After seeing such wilful blatant misrepresentation, forgive me if I'm having difficulty just taking your word for it.
I’m left speechless after reading the first article, as well as seeing the misrepresentation of the comment thread (she was replying to me, not blueflow…)
I must say, I respect her a good deal less than I used to.
> But it is one thing to say that those people you wrote about in your comment were banned for spamming and it is a totally different thing to say that they were banned for sockpuppetting (when they were not).
How can I be legitimately banned for spamming when I made zero comments or posts? I rarely post or comment, so did not get a chance, but I was glad to join the community.
I don't know the specifics but looks very much like collateral damage. Sorry if that's the case. Looks like her whole invite tree became suspect and the mod removed her whole invite tree. Not justifying what they did but seems like a mistake. Talking to the mod should resolve it.
This is not the case. (For context, I am the admin responsible for the bans.) I left a longer comment in response to the original misunderstanding to explain what happened here.
After seeing such wilful blatant misrepresentation, forgive me if I'm having difficulty just taking your word for it.