Look who I found

LastBluejay · 2020-01-09T18:56:36+00:00

LastBluejay · 2020-01-09T18:45:35+00:00

This is a great question. This impersonation policy deals with the issue of pretending to be a specific person or entity. What you're describing here is something that we tackle under our normal site integrity operations, which u/worstnerd has talked about in this subreddit before. The difference is that one is at scale, whereas the other is specific. Both are not allowed, but just dealt with through different tools.

LastBluejay · 2020-01-09T18:37:41+00:00

Yes! In a case where the account is dormant and not actively impersonating, this is actually covered by our trademark request process. You can submit a form with evidence of your trademark rights and our legal team will evaluate it. The form is located here.

LastBluejay · 2020-01-09T18:31:02+00:00

That's why I have this fancy red name...

In all seriousness though, you're not actually pretending to be me, and as an Admin, we have these extra features to protect us against impersonation. There are lots of legitimate, honest reasons why people would happen to have similar usernames, which may have nothing to do with impersonation. The behavior is the key thing. If you were doing this in the wild to a normal Redditor without our fancy Admin tools, and you were actively going around and pretending to be them, that would be something we'd take action against.

LastBluejay · 2020-01-09T18:18:30+00:00

Right. If they're dead, well, it's not really misleading, because it's hard to conceive how they would be on Reddit. Unless....

LastBluejay · 2020-01-09T18:14:35+00:00

Nope! See answer here.

LastBluejay · 2020-01-09T18:10:52+00:00

If the result is misleading, that would generally be covered. That's the spirit of this rule. The thing about parody is that it's obvious. That's kind of the point.

LastBluejay · 2020-01-09T18:02:18+00:00

Yep. That's always been against the rules. It's actually by far the most common form of impersonation we see.

LastBluejay · 2020-01-09T17:54:39+00:00

By the way, we know that these things can sometimes be difficult for the typical person to detect, especially if it’s something that hasn’t yet been widely debunked, so we’re not looking to come down on mods or users for innocent mistakes. If you're uncertain, you can always opt to report it to the admins, especially if you are unsure about something or think there is another reason we should see it.

LastBluejay · 2018-12-25T23:01:02+00:00

Those pies have upvotes on them!

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