Duplicate user accounts - penalties

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  1. george

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    Several members have created duplicate users to give likes to their own posts.
    This is cheating, so this will happen to users with multiple accounts:
    - the user will be warned
    - duplicate accounts deleted (except main one)
    - the likes given by those users subtracted from the total amount of likes on the main account
    - Trophy Points removed on these terms:

    - 100-1599 likes removed - you will lose 10 Trophy Points
    - 1600-3199 likes removed - you will lose 20 Trophy Points
    - 3200-6399 likes removed - you will lose 30 Trophy Points
    - 6400 or more likes removed - you will lose 40 Trophy Points

    However, I can see why people are trying to do it so I decided to modify the Trophy Points requirements.
    You can read about this in the next thread.
     
    george, 20 Jan 2019
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    i LOST 20 TROPHY POINT?
    WHY?
     
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  3. convectuoso

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    I suspect there were user accounts created to exclusively like your content, of which was done (going by point deduction) ..a lot.
     
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    But thats users are not mine. :(
    I never do that. not fairplay!
     
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    I think I lost 200.
     
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    No, you have not lost Trophy Points, check again.
     
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    There were a couple of accounts, probably bots, that liked all the posts on the site; that was before de 20 likes/day for new accounts was implemented
     
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    Please check again now.
    You will see that you have all the TP.
     
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    How many times did you purchase GM with Trophy Points?
     
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    No you have not. You had 40 TP. You still have 40 TP.
     
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    I lost 30 trophy points. Why?
     
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    Meditate people, meditate...big brother is watching you :)
     
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    Spoken till now with @george , this is the new for ALL :
    New System starts today and Old Members will not gain Points from past Likes.
     
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    The system does NOT apply retroactively.
    It applies from now on. So even if you have received a message that you earned some TP they have not been credited to you.
    This system is applied to reduce the number of likes required from now on.
     
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