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Founder
We would like to make a public apology to Duggan & Xtrchessreal for calling them cheaters. We are truly sorry.
What we should have said was that the additional vote from the addresses which were linked to them appeared to be in violation of contest guidelines.
We strictly monitor voting patterns and when we see a brand new account, with no previous posts, with an address that links to an active member, clearly registered for voting purposes, you can understand how alarm bells would ring and indicate to us that it's a sock-puppet. Especially since this very thing has occurred numerous times over the years. But that still does not excuse us from using words like "cheaters". We were wrong to do so.
We hope that we can all now happily return to our regular, daily business.
What we should have said was that the additional vote from the addresses which were linked to them appeared to be in violation of contest guidelines.
We strictly monitor voting patterns and when we see a brand new account, with no previous posts, with an address that links to an active member, clearly registered for voting purposes, you can understand how alarm bells would ring and indicate to us that it's a sock-puppet. Especially since this very thing has occurred numerous times over the years. But that still does not excuse us from using words like "cheaters". We were wrong to do so.
We hope that we can all now happily return to our regular, daily business.
