Timeline for How should a moderator handle suspected user impersonation?
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| Sep 2, 2016 at 14:46 | history | edited | user732 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 2, 2016 at 14:19 | comment | added | user732 | I have misused 'finding people' once by using a form on their website. In that case it is wise to start with 1) An apology for using this method and 2) A "You don't know me" | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 14:06 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | That makes sense. I wouldn't find it creepy at all (my email address is public), but I've heard people who thought some boundary was being crossed when people they don't know sought them out. On "concerned", sorry -- was too terse. I meant that the moderator doing this is showing concern for that person. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 6:12 | comment | added | user732 | Well if O has his email publicly accessible somewhere he shouldn't be surprised if you find him. And if the reason you contact him is your concern that D using O's name may be bad for both your site and him, I don't think it would come across as creepy. And concerned - about what? About being found - then O now knows he needs to do something. About the misuse of his name - he just got contacted by someone who shares that concern. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 3:56 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | One of the things I wondered about is how digging up an email address for O and making contact would come across, for arbitrary values of O. Concerned or creepy? | |
| Sep 1, 2016 at 14:32 | history | answered | user732 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |