It has not escaped the staff's attention that the pursuit of 'likes' has gotten completely out of hand on this forum. What was a minor annoyance on TO has quickly become a full-blown distraction to a large segment of the community and the staff. Worst of all, it has turned the attention of many away from the primary reason this forum exists: to discuss a game that we all love.
To that end, the staff is taking some decisive steps to sharply curtail this activity.
This is effective immediately. Activity prior to posting of this announcement will not receive action. Please do not point fingers at individuals who may have been involved with this activity before now; the staff is well aware of them.
ETA: Anyone who, at this point, feels guilty or for any reason wants their like count reset, please report any post of yours with your request.
To that end, the staff is taking some decisive steps to sharply curtail this activity.
- Requests for likes on profile and thread posts will no longer be allowed at all, and may receive warnings. This includes gratuitous posting of how many likes you have, or how many you need to "pass" someone.
- Organized "like-bombing" of other members, no matter what the reason, is not permitted, and will receive significant warnings if/when uncovered, for all participants.
- People who accumulate large numbers of likes in a suspicious manner may have their total number of likes reduced at any time, at staff discretion, without warning.
- People who give large numbers of likes in a suspicious manner may have their ability to do so throttled or suspended indefinitely.
- Threads and Social Groups that, at the determination of the staff, exist solely to promote like-bombing of individuals or oppose another individual's like count, will be shut down.
- People who are discovered to be using alternate accounts to avoid detection of any of the above, especially to increase their own like count, will receive significant action against their main account. Alternate accounts are not allowed on this forum.
This is effective immediately. Activity prior to posting of this announcement will not receive action. Please do not point fingers at individuals who may have been involved with this activity before now; the staff is well aware of them.
ETA: Anyone who, at this point, feels guilty or for any reason wants their like count reset, please report any post of yours with your request.
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