[flyingleaf]

I wasn't sure which forum to post this in, so I gave this one a shot. To whom would we report clones, should we find them?

thank you!

[JadeCorsett]

No one. Clones are legal.

Excerpt from the Employee Manual.

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Can I have multiple employee accounts?
Users are free to create multiple employee accounts as long as they disperse them into different branches. Multiple accounts cannot exist in the same branch in order to preserve fairness in the branch voting. For global voting, DMI will monitor the results and reserves the right to void any unfair or invalid votes, to be determined in DMI's sole discretion, including but not limited to votes gained from "clone" accounts (i.e. multiple employee accounts created solely for the purpose of gaining additional votes).

[FutureMrsKrasinski]

You thinking that your own RM created a ton of clone accounts within your branch to make it look like people are joining and to get himself votes? I know a lot of people think that in their branches.

[JadeCorsett]

Or in specific branches, like Warren.

[Quilyn]

It's only against the rules if they exist in the same branch. The problem is getting proof. Only OLC / NBC would be able to track IP addresses to determine if a group/pair of accounts all login from the same IP address.

So to answer your question, you can post your suspicions all you want, but there is no way any of us as users can "prove" a clone exists and is against the rules.

If an account were to have an offensive name it could be flagged, but otherwise I'm not sure that there is much that can be done.

[flyingleaf]

thanks guys! I thought they were bad all around. Good to know the actual rules on the issue.

[Mike_Unclebach]

thats pretty intense..seems theres a lot of politics into this DMI

[auntjemima]

FutureMrsKrasinski, on Nov 25 2008, 07:54 PM, said:

You thinking that your own RM created a ton of clone accounts within your branch to make it look like people are joining and to get himself votes?

JadeCorsett, on Nov 25 2008, 07:57 PM, said:

Or in specific branches, like Warren.

Also, Lake Charles.

[djkw418]

maybe it's just another red herring

[Stanley_the_Manley55]

There's a thread named 'Clones' and TH hasn't showed up yet?

[ruthlesskid]

auntjemima, on Nov 28 2008, 04:57 PM, said:

Also, Lake Charles.

Yep, all employees of Lake Charles are clones of auntjemima

[happysmilepatrol]

Quilyn, on Nov 25 2008, 06:02 PM, said:

It's only against the rules if they exist in the same branch. The problem is getting proof. Only OLC / NBC would be able to track IP addresses to determine if a group/pair of accounts all login from the same IP address.

So to answer your question, you can post your suspicions all you want, but there is no way any of us as users can "prove" a clone exists and is against the rules.

If an account were to have an offensive name it could be flagged, but otherwise I'm not sure that there is much that can be done.

I think corporate could clear up a lot (if not all) of the controversy and confusion about how big of problem people having clones in the same branch to help win branch votes is if they released complete branch voting data for 3 or more of the 2.0 tasks. Then we could all analyze the data and see what branches, if any, have a lot of otherwise inactive people voting for the same person's entry every time. There would obviously be privacy implications to consider if this was done, but personally I'd like to know how big of problem clones in the same branches really is, even if it means everyone finds out who I voted for in branch votes.

[justagrunt]

djkw418, on Nov 28 2008, 05:03 PM, said:

maybe it's just another red herring

I hate fish

[djkw418]

Maybe if we built a large wooden badger

[KylaMargaret]

what happens after we send the badger over?

[n2pugs27]

What about a large wooden Gator from Florida?

[KylaMargaret]

uh oh, the gator would pimp-slap everyone...

[heatherhouston]

Could we dress the gator up like Santa? You know..so we could be a little festive with the pimp-slapping?

[southernmade]

You would think corporate would do something about this problem.

Anyone at corporate ever herd of ip numbers and server logs?

[djkw418]

The server logs were used to build the trojan horse...

The IP addresses were torn off the bulidings to build the wheels.