Appreciate the patience of
@MuscleCandy while we took some time to dissect the account of
@redrum1111 which posted complaints of floaters. Generally the moderators prefer not to intervene, but
@MuscleCandy kindly alerted us to his suspicions regarding the authenticity of this review. Upon quick glance we found the user only ever registered and connected via IP addresses that were previously linked to an account that was previously owned by a different source. Upon further investigation and string pulling we found several more accounts that shared IP addresses with another active source on SST.
Between the overlapping IP addresses as well as distinct patterns in the email/username generation used for these accounts, as well as the very specific posting behaviours demonstrated by these users we are comfortable concluding that this was not an accidental overlap of genuine, privacy valuing individuals, but rather a concerted effort by a single party to 1) systemically bolster their own positive reputation on SST and 2) attempt to tarnish the image of
@MuscleCandy
It is one thing to attempt to falsely elevate oneself above their competition, but it's another to employ underhanded means of attacking others.
As such
@Axle Labs has been banned from SST effective immediately.
Moving forward we expect that the
genuine users of SST will continue to look out for one another and provide important feedback on all sources on the board, positive or negative. The community thrives when we collectively hold sources accountable for the quality of their products and their service. It is a rare event that the moderators have to intervene on a source's behalf, and we hope that we can keep it that way.