Mr. Bambu
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Hello all. I discussed with my fellow administrators, who felt it would be appropriate to make an announcement on this matter, in an attempt to stop it from happening further.
I was recently made aware of individuals using my namesake on certain external sites and messaging platforms, who used my name to either vindicate their own actions by making them supposedly "official" by the standards of VSBW, or to generate a community under the banner of a staff member of VSBW. This announcement aims to clarify that these people, whoever they are, aren't me, and are using my name to further their own ends.
I have been made aware of a community on WhatsApp run by an individual who claims to be Mr. Bambu, administrator of VS Battles Wiki. I have also been made aware of someone amongst our Indonesian community members who has claimed to have support from such an individual, despite my lack of involvement with them. I feel it is important to clarify that the only community I have ever run (for VSBW purposes, that is), is a small Discord server for friends. It should be easily verifiable whether you have my real Discord account or not, as the real one is listed on my Fandom profile. Beyond Discord, I currently only have a single form of active social media related to the moniker Mr. Bambu, which is a Twitter account I've used recently during the process of deleting SCP. This account is called "theycallmebambu", any other account claiming to be me is attempting to deceive you.
A good policy, I reckon, is that if you see someone claiming to be VSBW staff offsite, ask them onsite if it is them. I'm certainly not the first staff member to have this issue and I really doubt I'll be the last, so just approach such situations with an ounce of skepticism.
I think that's about it. Thanks for reading, don't get tricked.
Edit
I originally posted this thread on June 5th, 2024. I am returning to it on August 20th, 2024, to add to it.
It has been asked that I expand the spirit of this thread to cover further things beyond my specific scenario. I have decided to acquiesce to this request, bearing in mind that I would point it out explicitly.
An important enough addition that it bears mentioning is that as this is the world's largest site for a hobby of particular ferocity, the site and its staff are often targets of harassment. Many of you may not have been here when this was a more frequently occurring campaign- videos uploaded to NSFW sites bearing our usernames, gorn uploaded to the site and sent to message walls... people did a great many unsavory things for petty, awful reasons.
I add this today because I am aware that from time to time such atrocities and campaigns do occur still. The unfortunate truth is that they are unlikely to ever stop, so long as people of a certain loathsome psyche continue to exist with access to the internet and a stern belief that we either wank or downplay their favorite characters. So to add to the above, original message, I say this: if something seems outlandishly incorrect or wrong, I'd take it with an obvious grain of salt or three.
Negative elements will mangle the truth beyond recognition given the opportunity. Do not let these perversions of reality confuse you.
That is all.
I was recently made aware of individuals using my namesake on certain external sites and messaging platforms, who used my name to either vindicate their own actions by making them supposedly "official" by the standards of VSBW, or to generate a community under the banner of a staff member of VSBW. This announcement aims to clarify that these people, whoever they are, aren't me, and are using my name to further their own ends.
I have been made aware of a community on WhatsApp run by an individual who claims to be Mr. Bambu, administrator of VS Battles Wiki. I have also been made aware of someone amongst our Indonesian community members who has claimed to have support from such an individual, despite my lack of involvement with them. I feel it is important to clarify that the only community I have ever run (for VSBW purposes, that is), is a small Discord server for friends. It should be easily verifiable whether you have my real Discord account or not, as the real one is listed on my Fandom profile. Beyond Discord, I currently only have a single form of active social media related to the moniker Mr. Bambu, which is a Twitter account I've used recently during the process of deleting SCP. This account is called "theycallmebambu", any other account claiming to be me is attempting to deceive you.
A good policy, I reckon, is that if you see someone claiming to be VSBW staff offsite, ask them onsite if it is them. I'm certainly not the first staff member to have this issue and I really doubt I'll be the last, so just approach such situations with an ounce of skepticism.
I think that's about it. Thanks for reading, don't get tricked.
Edit
I originally posted this thread on June 5th, 2024. I am returning to it on August 20th, 2024, to add to it.
It has been asked that I expand the spirit of this thread to cover further things beyond my specific scenario. I have decided to acquiesce to this request, bearing in mind that I would point it out explicitly.
An important enough addition that it bears mentioning is that as this is the world's largest site for a hobby of particular ferocity, the site and its staff are often targets of harassment. Many of you may not have been here when this was a more frequently occurring campaign- videos uploaded to NSFW sites bearing our usernames, gorn uploaded to the site and sent to message walls... people did a great many unsavory things for petty, awful reasons.
I add this today because I am aware that from time to time such atrocities and campaigns do occur still. The unfortunate truth is that they are unlikely to ever stop, so long as people of a certain loathsome psyche continue to exist with access to the internet and a stern belief that we either wank or downplay their favorite characters. So to add to the above, original message, I say this: if something seems outlandishly incorrect or wrong, I'd take it with an obvious grain of salt or three.
Negative elements will mangle the truth beyond recognition given the opportunity. Do not let these perversions of reality confuse you.
That is all.
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