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Our rules do specifically disallow sockpuppeting and account sharing, but they aren't so specific on proxying - i.e.: still having an independent account but directly using a banned user's statements in your own. I believe past cases of similar issues have largely been handled by rough precedents. It's a gap in the rules that frankly should be filled, since I recall this kind of topic has come up before and has caused disagreements.I wonder, to what extent we can start sharing words that banned users say? Like, just for CRTs? I guess that if an banned user wants to yap about something random the staff wouldn't let them but what if they're giving input on a CRT of a verse or something?
I wonder how would this apply if a banned user starts insulting users on-site lol
If I were to give a guideline here though - not in the sense of what is strictly against the rules, but simply what should result in avoiding needless troubles and controversies - the underlying question you should ask yourself is "is what I'm doing substantially different from the banned user just commenting themselves?". As in, if the banned user were unbanned and capable of commenting for themselves, would the comment and the impact of the comment be particularly different? And be honest with yourself. If so, you probably should avoid it.