It's not necessarily an acceptable thing to do but in the heat of the moment I could understand somebody not really thinking it through and just doing it. There's a grey area here between how it's unacceptable and people being understandably upset and acting on impulse.

The crazy bit wasn't aimed at you. The idea that a gay man was in love with a supposed female was actually believed.

Actually I guess the real question is what exactly was asked of the family member and if there was any malicious intent. There's a difference between

'Do you know someone called Mike, and does he know a girl called Mollie?'

and

'Just to let you know your daughter/sister/whoever has been stealing some girls pictures and duping people on an Internet forum for four years. Bye'

Both unacceptable but one is worse than the other. The intent is quite important here if bans are actually being considered.

that OK i am only joking

I was joking as well! :joker::hug:

Locke wasn't the one who contacted the family members as far as I know

It wouldn't have been the second one I don't think.

Permbans for all involved as well. Infact anyone who has stole pictures and posted them on the forum should be permbanned. Don't get why some are allowed to be left to swan around still.

I mean son/brother even, it's still not registered yet :p

i suspect it might have been the member who started the thread about Mollie i mean mike i don't no so it complete guess work on my behalf :shrug:

I don't think it matters what was said. They shouldn't have been talking to his family members in the first place. And then the whole finding birth certificates and stuff :crazy:

I don't know why whoever did it is still on the forum tbh

well yes, maybe I'm old fashioned though, no wonder people end up dead in ditches.

People get away with murder in here. No one is ever punished anymore. :bored:

My brother was catfished last year on League of Legends. He sent some 'girl' a 100 bucks because 'she' couldn't make her car payment.

crazy stuff these days

Is Mike going to get a 4 day ban for a multiple? That's the pressing question.

the thing is the mods have to work out who did what which is not always easy it might take some time but i sure the mods will take action when there have finished there mini investigation

michael21 for mod

Kind of deserves that to be honest.

Well that's not strictly true

[QUOTE=michael21;5897185]the thing is the mods have to work out who did what which is not always easy it might take some time but i sure the mods will take action when there have finished there mini investigation

michael21 for mod[/QUOTE]


There is room at the Inn :amazed: for now!

Money is a massive no no! He/she must have been a bloody good Catfish

not really, my brother is only 15.

Oh right :joker: I thought older Brother for some reason

I think some kind of ban for those involved may be in order and of course it's unacceptable, I just mean that the heat of the moment aspect should be taken into account, people will be understandably upset and angry and will want answers, and may without much real thought have just acted on impulse and went for family members, without sound judgement. That's the only reason why I think that should be taken into account when deciding on any bans and the length of them.

it would be hard to accurately judge who did what

Well you could give them the choice of blanket bans for all involved or people could admit to their roles in it.

But if Mollies account is being left open, then don't really see how it's plausible to ban others. I know 2 wrongs don't make anything like a right, but I'm not sure the mods can really win whatever happens here.