Liam
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Hi All,
Today we discovered a breach of our terms of service in quite a scale I didn’t expect a few days before Christmas.
Firstly on behalf of FM-Base, I want to apologise for allowing this to happen.
I believe providing transparency is key and today around 75 accounts were discovered with the same external IP address, some dated back to 2015, some 2018 and others very recent. With a varied amount of posting and reacting to recent threads created by TFF (TotalFootballFan).
To top it off there was also negative feedback from the accounts posted on the hard work of other tactic authors, along with negative ratings.
This is misleading to you as a community and we have since taken action. All of the alt accounts have had their comments and reactions removed along with being banned.
As you may have guessed, these accounts originated from the same IP address as what TFF uses and he has issued an apology.
Since TFF has apologised and been a pivotal gear in the FM community we have decided against banning. 75 warning points has also been placed on the account and we will be monitoring more vigorously going forward.
We hope you can forgive TFF, and us here at FM-Base for not spotting this sooner. I assure you this will not be happening again, from any individual, under any circumstance.
At FM-Base we aim to provide the best community possible and to do that we require honesty. We will build on from this and continue to strive to be the best community possible.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Kind regards,
The FM-Base Team
UPDATE: Evidence on imgur (all IPs blurred to protect his personal identity)
UPDATE 2: TFF releases a new statement here.
UPDATE 3: TFF Banned
UPDATE 4: SI make their decision
Final FM Base Statement
A massive thanks to the community for your patience with us whilst we looked further into the circumstances surrounding TFF's actions.
A final decision has been made this morning in regards to TFF. Given the severity of his actions we have decided that we have no choice but to ban him.
Our investigation was thorough and we travelled quite far back in time. From what we can tell there have been multiple instances of VPN usage and also a previous history of conflict with other tactic creators.
Let this also serve as a warning, it doesn't matter who you are, it doesn't matter how many people follow you. If you choose to disrespect and manipulate other creators, then there is no home for you on FM Base.
Today we discovered a breach of our terms of service in quite a scale I didn’t expect a few days before Christmas.
Firstly on behalf of FM-Base, I want to apologise for allowing this to happen.
I believe providing transparency is key and today around 75 accounts were discovered with the same external IP address, some dated back to 2015, some 2018 and others very recent. With a varied amount of posting and reacting to recent threads created by TFF (TotalFootballFan).
To top it off there was also negative feedback from the accounts posted on the hard work of other tactic authors, along with negative ratings.
This is misleading to you as a community and we have since taken action. All of the alt accounts have had their comments and reactions removed along with being banned.
As you may have guessed, these accounts originated from the same IP address as what TFF uses and he has issued an apology.
TotalFootballFan9 said:Hey guys,
Today, I received a message from Liam where he said that he thinks that there have been some "fake news" / "fake posts"activity in my threads and to say honestly, few members of my family really were periodically posting some stuff to support me.
If you'd ask me I find it's very insignificant amount of posts but Liam said that he said that he found many suspicious accounts and the evidence is substantial so I can't argue with him… he's the boss.
He said that he banned all suspicious accounts and removed all suspicious posts from my threads so now all my threads should be clean as a little angel's tear!
From now there shouldn't any speculation about any "fake news" / "fake posts" in my threads because Liam will be vigorously watching itand if there'll be any suspicion activity in my thread then I'm a dead man!
I want to apologies before the FM community if those posts were misleading for someone but as I said from now all threads have been cleaned from suspicious posts by Liam and I'm under the watchful eye of Liam! You can be sure that my threads are free from "fake news" / "fake posts" and Liam will be on guard!
Once more my apologies!
Since TFF has apologised and been a pivotal gear in the FM community we have decided against banning. 75 warning points has also been placed on the account and we will be monitoring more vigorously going forward.
We hope you can forgive TFF, and us here at FM-Base for not spotting this sooner. I assure you this will not be happening again, from any individual, under any circumstance.
At FM-Base we aim to provide the best community possible and to do that we require honesty. We will build on from this and continue to strive to be the best community possible.
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas.
Kind regards,
The FM-Base Team
UPDATE: Evidence on imgur (all IPs blurred to protect his personal identity)
UPDATE 2: TFF releases a new statement here.
UPDATE 3: TFF Banned
UPDATE 4: SI make their decision
Final FM Base Statement
A massive thanks to the community for your patience with us whilst we looked further into the circumstances surrounding TFF's actions.
A final decision has been made this morning in regards to TFF. Given the severity of his actions we have decided that we have no choice but to ban him.
Our investigation was thorough and we travelled quite far back in time. From what we can tell there have been multiple instances of VPN usage and also a previous history of conflict with other tactic creators.
Let this also serve as a warning, it doesn't matter who you are, it doesn't matter how many people follow you. If you choose to disrespect and manipulate other creators, then there is no home for you on FM Base.
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