Someone wrote in [community profile] anonrerising 2022-09-02 02:36 pm (UTC)

Re: Nearku/Arc

They can't verify anything that happens offsite.

You can say that Veyo was stalking other users on other sites, and give them screenshots, but they cannot verify that those screenshots weren't faked as they don't have access to edit histories.

Nor can they know the context behind it, ie whether it is something that the people in question are having 'fun' with, because again, they don't have access to tools to see whether this is a pattern or a one off, or anything.

They also cannot verify that the Veyo on Facebook is actually the Veyo on FR. I have seen instances of seeing the same username on different platforms and it being different people. Even fairly 'unique' UNs. So, you could have found (or created an account) on FB, and 'stalked' the people, and they would have no way of knowing whether it was Veyo, a random person, or someone with a vendetta against Veyo. Even if there is information on the profile with Veyo's FR UN and ID, it still isn't conclusive proof. I could put my sister's UN and ID on my FB, but it doesn't mean that I am my sister, just that I know her UN and ID.

In addition, opening up 'we will take action based upon offsite behavior' this means that they will have to start trying to 'chase down' offsite history when it is presented. IE, in order to see if that stalking behavior was actually stalking and not someone with a grudge against Veyo, they would need to delve into the account's public history and chase down leads to other sites, all of which can be hard due to privacy settings.

For action that happens on FR, privacy settings don't matter. They can see your profile, and have access to edit histories of posts, and see deleted comments, as well as most likely have access to your PMs, no matter what your settings on FR are (which right now we don't have much :P)

It is a sad reality of being on multiple sites. I know of very few sites that will want to take action based upon activity on other sites, for the reasons above. Each site has access to tools that can help them track down and get the truth about activity on their own site, but they do not have access to those tools on other sites, which makes it difficult to verify both identity and actions.

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