As of today, time traveler hoaxer Lussorio F has been banned, his threads have been locked and marked as a confirmed hoax for the following reasons:
If you're on Facebook, I recommend you to never contact him and never give him personal information.
If you notice a new Paranormalis member who appears to be a Lussorio sock puppet, report it, we'll handle it.
Now... Are we banning hoaxers? Are we banning time traveler wannabes? Of course not. We're not a debunking community, but we're not dumb either. The Lussorio episode just convinced me that our community is very well prepared to handle all kind of possible time travel claims as well as any imaginable hoaxes reasonably and intelligently. We were nice and civil, and kept an open mind until the last moment when something had to be done.
There will always be hoaxers from time to time and it's okay... We don't encourage them, but we can't stop them either. They're part of the deal when you're contributing to a paranormal community. The best we can do is analyse and question the claims until the cat gets out of the bag.
If you're a legitimate time traveler, we're going to be nice and patient with you as expected, but we're also going to challenge you. Not because we don't like you. But because we're reasonable people who understandably want/need proof of some sort. We want to believe, but we also want to see evidence.
In this thread you can discuss and comment on anything that has to do with Lussorio F, his hoax or the way we handle hoaxers and time traveler wannabes (possible real ones or fake ones).
--Num7
- Security of our members. Lussorio appears to be a stalker looking for personal information to harass some of our people. Not something to take lightly.
- It jumped the shark. A hoax that lasts for so long that the time traveler joins Facebook to "spread his message" (read collect personal data here) is laughable.
- We, members, were patient enough. We're nice people, we give everyone a chance. Then a second chance. Then a third chance. Honestly, that's all fine by me. But after 3 weeks of cryptic and evasive non-answers, it somehow has to end at some point.
If you're on Facebook, I recommend you to never contact him and never give him personal information.
If you notice a new Paranormalis member who appears to be a Lussorio sock puppet, report it, we'll handle it.
Now... Are we banning hoaxers? Are we banning time traveler wannabes? Of course not. We're not a debunking community, but we're not dumb either. The Lussorio episode just convinced me that our community is very well prepared to handle all kind of possible time travel claims as well as any imaginable hoaxes reasonably and intelligently. We were nice and civil, and kept an open mind until the last moment when something had to be done.
There will always be hoaxers from time to time and it's okay... We don't encourage them, but we can't stop them either. They're part of the deal when you're contributing to a paranormal community. The best we can do is analyse and question the claims until the cat gets out of the bag.
If you're a legitimate time traveler, we're going to be nice and patient with you as expected, but we're also going to challenge you. Not because we don't like you. But because we're reasonable people who understandably want/need proof of some sort. We want to believe, but we also want to see evidence.
In this thread you can discuss and comment on anything that has to do with Lussorio F, his hoax or the way we handle hoaxers and time traveler wannabes (possible real ones or fake ones).
--Num7