Rule Addition Regarding Hiding Identity from Staff

[TheButtonmen]

based off previous situations i think anyone who really thinks the mods dont already know who alts are is kidding themselves lld

they already know this is just codifying it

[TheButtonmen]

imo youre worrying about nothing

if anyone starts pressuring the mod to reveal who an alt is then the mod can just tell them to go fuck themselves and keep playing and if youre worried about mods abusing power to gain an advantage they already could under the current system

[TheButtonmen]

i did yes

my original response addressed those points, nothing changes under the new system from the current one in all of those regards

i was addressing new issues that will occur now that we codify it and the knowledge that mods know you are is now public

mods have always known who you are, there have never been hidden alts here just from the barebone tools i had access too while operating the title fairy booth i can assure you of that

[TheButtonmen]

it was a generalized you

as for the second point i can only speak for myself but i honestly cant be arsed to worry about mods potentially gaining a tiny edge because they know who an alt is, its a tiny advantage that comes up infrequently as much as it pains me im forced to agree with anix

I think exactly the opposite way: The ability of users to freely and anonymously use alts in a game should come secondary to the ability of those who take on additional responsibilities to serve this site

also from a purely logistical side what youre proposing makes no sense because we can say that mods need to say "I have no knowledge of the identity of any alts in this game". but what happens when someone reports something in gd and when they open it up they find out the identity of the alt? would you say they need to replace out or then post a disclosure in the thread that hey guys [Redacted] is an alt and i know who they are now?