Clones and penalty points
in Feedback & Suggestions ·
Sorry to crash the party here—since this is a PŽK thread, I hope you guys don't mind me jumping in—but I honestly think there's a way to fix this situation. What if we just treated the first active username as the "primary"? Then, if that same person opens any other accounts later, they just get tagged as clones under that main one. From a coding standpoint, it’s a pretty simple fix, and I won't even get into the whole methodology of how we actually "detect" clones—that’s not really the point here...
If we want things to be fair, it would be just as easy to programmatically roll up all those individual "clone" profiles and points back onto the primary account. That way, if the primary account gets banned, all its clones go down with it.
Also, I think partial credit should be shared—meaning, if one clone earns a partial, everyone else in that group—including the primary account—gets that same credit applied to their profile.
In my opinion, this approach would level the playing field for all Forum Users, regardless of how many clones they're running. The only real weak spot or potential failure I see in this plan is the part I already mentioned: the actual detection of clones.
The whole thing hinges on how that specific part works...
If we want things to be fair, it would be just as easy to programmatically roll up all those individual "clone" profiles and points back onto the primary account. That way, if the primary account gets banned, all its clones go down with it.
Also, I think partial credit should be shared—meaning, if one clone earns a partial, everyone else in that group—including the primary account—gets that same credit applied to their profile.
In my opinion, this approach would level the playing field for all Forum Users, regardless of how many clones they're running. The only real weak spot or potential failure I see in this plan is the part I already mentioned: the actual detection of clones.
The whole thing hinges on how that specific part works...