Comments on: “I Don’t Like Spam!”

By: cthulu93

cthulu93 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:16:53 +0000

3rd if someone truly hijacked your account the 1st thing they normally do is change your password,as you were able to use the account with the old 1 hijacking seems unlikely but if you are ever logged-off automatically with a message saying another user logged in on that account then someone else is using it without changing your password.4th I have had similiar service issues with Sony lately,for months now I’ve been unable to use my account on the Forums yet it works quite fine in Home.I still can’t get any help for that problem and probably never will.5th I’ll bet they didn’t even tell you what the offending spam was.This makes it incredibly harder to determine when the infraction actually took place and will impinge your investigation.Sony really should give us the offending phrases when e-mailing us about the problem.6th this is a very good instance of how possibly innocent ppl could be affected by stricter enforcement of the rules.By giving mods total,irrevocable power over our accounts without any appeals process Sony has put us at the mod’s mercy.I’m not saying mod’s are bad(in fact they’ve been quite fair with me) but they are fallible and as far as I know their decisions are final and we are unable to offer a defense.Lastly,Norse just because you can buy the booze from your car doesn’t mean you should drink it in the car,lol,I think the state probably allows drive-thru alcohol purchases with the hope that some ppl will violate the law so they can collect more fine money.I also wouldn’t be too surprised if the cops in those states waited just down the road from those stores hoping to catch violators.

By: cthulu93

cthulu93 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:48:46 +0000

Where to start with this?1st If I’m not mistaken mod’s don’t even investigate ppl unless a complaint was given by someone else so if you were in a private place,and your account wasn’t hijacked,then someone tattled on you.2nd spamming can consist of merely saying “Hello” as few as 3 times,maybe less.I know at least 2 ppl that got warnings for 3 “Hello”‘s so I know 3 and over is for certain.Now if you have a sticky controller and accidentally hit a term 3 times and someone tells on you you’ll get a warning.Intent has absolutely nothing to do with whether the rule was broken,this applies to laws as well as you found out.There’s an old quote,I believe attributed to Thomas Jefferson,that ignorence of the law is no excuse for breaking it.There is seldom any way to prove intent which is why the government,and probably Sony,don’t want to have to establish what you or I intended.

By: Olivia_Allin

Olivia_Allin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:22:58 +0000

Can’t say for sure that my account was hijacked. It could have been a case of mistaken account assigning. Maybe I was in the same server as the offender and my screen name was mistakenly reported by the mod. As you well know though, it was for sure not me that spammed.

By: Olivia_Allin

Olivia_Allin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:19:45 +0000

I love mute and ignore! Withed it worked in real life.

By: Two_Hot2handle

Two_Hot2handle — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:04:45 +0000

This article was very interesting, I learned a lot from the read and I appreciate you sharing your personal experiences with the readers of hsm. It’s so sad how some innocent are punished while more than some…of the guilty roam free. I report home abuse daily. The only savior I have is the mute and ignore function.

By: Burbie52

Burbie52 — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:44:12 +0000

Sorry you had to go through all of that Olivia, it is a shame that the judge didn’t think the whole incident through and instead of seeing “intent to drive” there he should have seen “intent not to drive”.
My nephew went through something similar in a different state, he did the right thing and it still got him a DWI.
Sometimes doing what you think is right is misconstrued in today’s society. The whole country has gone sue happy for example about the stupidest things. Sony is doing their best, but I have had friends banned for just defending themselves and for things like “over reporting” because they made too many reports about the same incident.
I always warn new people I see spamming not to do so, they do it out of ignorance and many thank me for telling them. But in this case I think that Sony really needs to investigate how your warning came to be, they have enough on their plate without totally false information being accepted as real and causing innocent people who are upstanding Home citizens harm. Whoever did this needs to be permanently banned so they don’t do it to others.

By: Olivia_Allin

Olivia_Allin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:02:51 +0000

This comes from someone that has a recurring character credit on NBC’s Dateline “To Catch a Predator” …lol… just kidding PW

By: Punkwillie

Punkwillie — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:18:47 +0000

Interesting article! I will heed your warning. Sorry to hear about your ordeal. I’m very happy to see HSM give ex-con’s like yourself a 2nd chance at life!
Lets party responsibly!!!