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Originally Posted by ian@huth
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Originally Posted by Bill C
Have you ever noticed there seems to be a lot of 1 time posters that turn up throw a tizzy fit and you never see them again. ? I sometimes wonder if they are the same person setting up multiple name and logins just so they can troll ?. Must get cold under the bridge now and then  |
I have noticed that quite a few times. Sometimes when a poster is losing an argument there suddenly are a few new members suddenly pop up to back him up. i first noticed that when one member, forget who, who was a poor speller, bad at grammar and didn't know puntuation existed suddenly had two new members backing him up and they both had the same dictionary and grammatical skills. It's easy to do and untraceable if they use dial-up accounts with different ISPs for each of their logins. |
I have noticed (in the past - not today when I have power to do something about it) that certain posters phrase things the same way as other posters. I have also found that humans do tend to have a fairly unique way of writing (for instance, I don't phrase things the same way as Marina, who doesn't phrase things the same way as Chris T). If two posters have a very similar way of phrasing posts, then that can indicate they are the same person.
However, it's not really proof, but is an indication.