I’ve noticed something recently with profiles on SW:

I’ve seen a few old usernames show up recently that I recognize from earlier SW and EP profiles long ago. However, these are right wing USA propaganda spreading profiles and totally unlike the earlier counterparts. Their behaviors are predictable, very similar writing styles. Hmmmm

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bijouxbroussard · F

That should definitely be reported to the admins.

BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

@bijouxbroussard thing is, an entity can take a profile picture screenshot and create a new account with the same user name if original profile is not still activated thru an email account. EP did not allow recycling of user names but SW does.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@BackyardShaman I don't care, it's worth gathering evidence and emailing said evidence to the admins. I'd do it myself, but they hate me.

helenS · 36-40, F

@BackyardShaman I think it's easily possible to fake an existing profile by exchanging some characters which are easily confused, such as the upper-case letter "I" (as in "Israel") and lower-case "l" (as in "left"); also the digit "0" and the letter "O".
"heIenS" looks exactly like "helenS" but it's not the same string, because the first one contains an upper-case "I".

BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

@helenS yes and this could easily be what they’ve done, excellent point.