RE: Examining Honey from a Different Perspective - Steemit Sock Puppetry Continues
Agreed it shouldn't be flagged as long as nobody is being harmed though and that is a difficult line to tread.
My main concern is that if someone (such as the user being discussed) had valid reasons for using another account to post something very sensitive then revealing this kind of information here could actually get them into trouble by revealing and associating that information with their main indentity.
For example in some countries homosexuality is a crime and could result in punishment or even death. I'm sure there are other examples of similarly dangerous information that someone may wish to keep separate from their usual posting account.
In some respects this kind of investigation could be considered by someone in that situation to be akin to being doxed and publicly shamed.
I'm not saying that is the case here as I do not know enough about it but it is good to take account of the potential reasons why people may be using different accounts.
Whenever one is delving into the matters and actions of others one must keep ethics in mind.
Perhaps I'm overly cautious and overthinking this? I don't know.
If this user was actually trying to distance themselves from the other account, they wouldn't be interacting with it. Also, both accounts are already anonymous. As kushed had stated originally, these accounts were allegedly created with pseudonyms for those purposes. Creating a second account to write about the same topics would be unnecessary. And again - it's the fabricated "dialogues" between these accounts that are most telling. I have no qualms with anonymity. That's not the issue. The problems with this are multifaceted.
Interesting. You make some good points which I hadn't considered.
Dox-ing is essentially a form of witch hunting and in-fighting that is harmful to the community and system as a whole and I don't support it (thus I have now flagged this post in part to stop incentivizing such activities). That said, if you are in such a situation yourself, you would do well to better protect your privacy and not leave so many 'clues' around to be found.
This would be a good point, IF... They weren't just posting about relationship stuff, food, etc. It isn't that they are using more than one account, I get that point. It is that there are many accounts involved and this is not the only case. Also, no personal information was released just plain account activity which is available to anyone who chooses to do the research and find it.