Chess.com staff helps groups cheat?

Sort:
rubbeldiekatzunso
thecentipede hat geschrieben:

I was in a group a while back, and the group was chattong about things when a staff member sent a private message to one of us talking about what were discussing

Once again, WHICH staff member did that ?

Don't tell me the message didn't have a sender specified.

kleelof
Martin_Stahl wrote:

Do you think the site audits all group access? And exactly how would they really investigate such a claim without any real specifics? In particular, the groups in question and the staff member that was supposed to have done it.

But maybe there is some kind of audit trail that could be looked at. At the very least, I would expect you to get some kind of response about the situation.

I gave them the message id's.

At the very least they could have contacted him and asked him themselves who it was. And if it turned out to be BS some warning or something could have been given.

But, as mentioned above, the main issue really is that Chess.com seems not to care that someone is claiming they are helping a team cheat. 

I'm certain if I had a business and someone accussed me or one of my employees of doing something like this, I'd, at the very least, check into it and respond.

thecentipede

rubbeldiekatzunso wrote:

thecentipede hat geschrieben:

I was in a group a while back, and the group was chattong about things when a staff member sent a private message to one of us talking about what were discussing

Once again, WHICH staff member did that ?

Don't tell me the message didn't have a sender specified.

It did have a sender specified, and I know which staff member it was. But why is that relevent here?

thecentipede

I was merely stating that staff members CAN view anything they want within the site.

kleelof
thecentipede wrote:

I was merely stating that staff members CAN view anything they want within the site.

This is what I've gathered as well from comments I've seen here and there on the site.

TotallyPissedOff

I don't think thats the case.

rubbeldiekatzunso

I don't doubt they can view anything thecentipede, it's on their servers after all.

What I'm wondering about is why any one of them would engage in such childish behaviour, or even do such an indiscretion at all.

 

I would expect Erik to have some rules in place for his mods and admins.

Although what I've seen at this site at times makes me doubt that.

 

I remember I have read a post from Juiste a while ago who had only recently returned to the site or become active again (don't remember which it was) and asking who was in charge of mods atm on the forums.

 

Now while it didn't seem Juiste was doing anything wrong, that kinda got me thinking. Are there old, inactive mod or admin accounts out there that never got their priviledges taken away after not working for chess.com anymore ?

If so, it could be entirely possible for some rogue mod to exist and abuse his/her powers.

 

I really wonder who watches the watchers here...

TotallyPissedOff

shaun looks after the mods.

I suggest the OP address his concerns direct to him :)

batgirl

I would think that any mod or staff person engaged in such behaviour would be doing it totally against site policy. So, it isn't "staff" engaging in the behaviour (if it's true), but an individual with low ethics who happens to be staff.  I agree that it's not only in the groups' best interest, but also in the site's best interest that such accusations are investiged to some degree.

kleelof
rubbeldiekatzunso wrote:

What I'm wondering about is why any one of them would engage in such childish behaviour, or even do such an indiscretion at all.

 

If you're old enough to type, then you are probably old enough to know that there is not rhyme or reason behind how childish people can be.Smile

kleelof
TotallyPissedOff wrote:

shaun looks after the mods.

I suggest the OP address his concerns direct to him :)

I sent an email to Chess.com when it happened. It seems this should be enough.

 

WIth this one exception, they've NEVER not responded to my messages.

TotallyPissedOff

I agree with batgirl.

rubbeldiekatzunso
kleelof hat geschrieben:

I sent an email to Chess.com when it happened. It seems this should be enough.

 

 

It also seems one private message to shaun might achieve more and be less work than 30 messages in this thread, but who am I to give you helpful advice ? Tongue Out

Diakonia
kleelof wrote:
TotallyPissedOff wrote:

shaun looks after the mods.

I suggest the OP address his concerns direct to him :)

I sent an email to Chess.com when it happened. It seems this should be enough.

 

WIth this one exception, they've NEVER not responded to my messages.

Silence is acknowledgement...

kleelof
Diakonia wrote:
kleelof wrote:
TotallyPissedOff wrote:

shaun looks after the mods.

I suggest the OP address his concerns direct to him :)

I sent an email to Chess.com when it happened. It seems this should be enough.

 

WIth this one exception, they've NEVER not responded to my messages.

Silence is acknowledgement...

Albeit, ambiguious.

kleelof
alex-rodriguez wrote:
Chess.com staff helps groups cheat?

Anything is possilbe but I can't imagine why they would do that. I don't think it's true.

By the way folks lichess.org offers everything chess.com offers, except at lichess.org everything is totally free, there are no ads, and everything is superior to every other chess website. A typical reaction when somebody sees lichess.org for the 1st time: "It's so freaking awesome."

I like Chess.com. I think it has a fun community and I am happy to pay a little for the service they offer.

Even with this issue, I have no intention of leaving any time soon. (sorry everyone)

So please save your ads for someone elses threads.

Thanks.

RonaldJosephCote

       Its the paralax effect. 3rd party inuendos. Somebody overheard a friend of a friend of a mod talking about V3 upgrades, and he interpreted it as staff spying on groups.  Why just the other day, I was planning a few bank heists in the chat room and nobody shut us down.  

kleelof
RonaldJosephCote wrote:

       Its the paralax effect. 3rd party inuendos. Somebody overheard a friend of a friend of a mod talking about V3 upgrades, and he interpreted it as staff spying on groups. 

Sorry, you've got my conspiracy theories confused.

This is talking about the missing sock conspiracy launched by J. Ed to feed his fettishes.

RonaldJosephCote

       Mods spying on groupsUndecided   Its genious I tell ya.  Material for my next book. There's SOoooo many leaks in that story, its like chess.com--Clinton Prison editionSurprised  The mods have to keep a tight reign on the groups in open population, or they'll be trying to sneak in contraban to the chess playa's in solitary confinement. attica  attica  attica  Attica, ATTICAYell

kleelof

I don't make the news, I just report it.