>>>I would like to take a few minutes to highlight an issue which is going on which I would like to avoid on this site.
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>>>First of all, we have new accounts every day. We just had five more in the last hour. In all of those accounts, no matter if there could be suspicious activities in regards to them or not, one should know that publically expressing such suspicious concerns could lead to some delicate situations. If one would have such suspicious points in regards to an account, please, do advise me in private, not in public. Because, in such a situation, if the individual is properly represented by the account information, when one member would express some thoughts in public, this could lead to a very bad impression of the site, from its members and to the general concept of providing network support in this IT world.
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>>>Obviously, the situation has been addressed. We have a lot of members doing regular monitoring on this site. I am also one of them. I also saw this thread and found it very sad that it shifted from good technical content to such suspicious concerns.
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>>>So, again, next time we have a new member on the site, please, do avoid such situation. If you do have some doubts about the use of the related account, again, please, advise me in private, not in public.
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>>Agreed, of course. Assuming this woman is who she said she was, which I have no reason to believe she is not, it may in fact have given her a bad first impression of the UT. (Well, second impression -- there were a number of welcoming replies before any doubt was expressed).
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>>When you say "the situation has been addressed," I hope that does not mean Dmitry has been sanctioned (other than in the messages members have addressed to him today). A couple of us said almost exactly the same thing, that it seemed out of character for him to speak out as he did. In my experience he has always been a useful and enjoyable member of this forum, which is why I said it seemed out of character. We all make mistakes. (Certainly me!!!) Anyway, just wanted to express my opinion about that, not even being sure what has or hasn't happened. He has gone pretty silent today and there could be different reasons for that.
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>The person has gone to other boards claiming to resent being asked to verify herself. I'd call that "addressed".

I saw this happening yesterday and I think its a real shame.