In my opinion, simonw shouldn't have to play those games
Nobody thinks this is okay or that Simon should have to play those games. The point of the reply was that while this is stupid, the solution is trivial.
I’m genuinely very curious what the point of comments like this is. I am not joking, I want to understand.
I see examples like it 50 times a week in random places, and nobody walks me through their mental state to help me understand what they thought the point was.
Also, these companies (or data brokers) likely share ban and alt account lists, ban evading could hurt the reputation of all your accounts.
These are some pragmatic reasons not to evade bans.
The fawning that some users do over others because of their careers is really unbecoming.
I wish the kind of people who did this stuff would realize that there are only two possibilities here -- the person they're saying it to cringes a little bit time they hear it because they're a normal person or they smile a bit inside because they're mildly narcissistic and therefore not worthy of the incessant praise.
The best thing you can do for everyone involved is to treat people normally and not elevate people to celebrity status.
I wonder how a blackout on usernames for a day or so after they're posted would shape conversation here.