This whole "JY64 is Jody Dankberg!" myth was debunked a year ago. Whysnow just won't let it die though.
Quoted from Xerico:Ok. This is a warning to everyone. Stop badgering users by calling them Jody or Kaneda.
You can call LTG, Lloyd for example. He's admitted that he is indeed Lloyd.
But you cannot continue to call someone Jody or Kaneda just because you think they MIGHT be Jody or Kaneda.
For instance JY64 is not Kaneda. He's not Jody. He has provided his personal information to the Pinside Staff. We know that he is not Jody. He is JY64 unless he decides to make his real name public.
Robin has given the moderators a directive to do our best to make Pinside more positive and friendly.
Badgering users by proclaiming them the next Kaneda or Jody is not friendly and it is not a direction that Pinside wants to travel.
If you feel someone is a duplicate account, then open a Mod Feedback and let us know.
Do not make it your job to call them out consistently. Let the moderator team know, and we'll do the leg work.
Starting today, a moderator can, and most likely will, eject people from threads if they falsely accuse someone of being a duplicate account. So if you continue calling JY64 "Jody", you can expect to be permanently ejected from the thread.
If you ignore the ejection and continue to call out the account, you will be all forum ejected.
If you really want a duplicate account unmasked and held accountable, then report the account using the abuse tools or by opening a Mod Feedback thread.
So, pretty please, with a cherry on top, stop harassing members just because you THINK they are someone else. If you have proof, bring it to us. If you have a hunch, let us know. But do not continue calling them out on threads.
On behalf of the Pinside Staff,
Marcus