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Cheating: Trust and Traitors in Chess

#61
@Sharingam said in #59:
> It also happens that they release the beast and then they make blunders on purpose, to disguise the trap. ... They usually waste the mate on 1 once or twice so that the analysis can show them the impression or the error.
This is funny. People keep complaining about opacity about cheating detection but even what is public and well known (once you are interested to learn something about it) is sufficient to know the detection methods in use are too advanced to be confused by cheap tricks like these (or by cheating only in some games).

> The green button next to the nickname name usually flashes, this already raises suspicions, especially at the beginning of the game just before the first move.
This reminds me of another sad cheating discussion currently running in the forum:
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/players-disconnects-after-early-blunder
Could one of the people who see "blinking green indicator flashing" as a sign of cheating explain why they believe a cheater would need to disconnect (or even disconnect repeatedly)? I can't think of any reason for that. On the other hand, I can imagine why the connection status could change for completely innocuous reasons.
#62
Online chess is finished. Cheating has won. Congrats cheaters. May you all rot in hell for eternity.
Quote from Gata Kamsky 11.07.2023.
#63
Regarding trust.
Perhaps Lichess (I mention Lichess because it the only chess site I use)
Perhaps Lichess could show more transparency regarding decision making.

And I am not talking about "cheat detection" or any other decisions that could compromise chess or affect specific users in anyway.
But perhaps they can become better with communication towards the users?

Example: this question toke 2+ months, just to get an official reply, to a question, where the answer does not need to be a secret.
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/question-reporting-people-automatically-adds-users-to-block-list#9

Now perhaps it's not a secret, but it shows a lack of availability, for users to find answers to questions they have.
I felt ignored. To a question I think deserves and answer.
Or at least a recognition of Lichess, having read the question.

This creates a gap between users and the Lichess organization.
Like lichess as an organization, is becoming to big, for regular people to get a response.
The gap, between lack of knowledge, (curiosity vs answers) leads to mistrust.

Now what does this has to do with cheating?
Nothing.
But it has to do with transparency. And transparency invites trust. Lack of transparency leads to mistrust.

Why do Lichess make the decisions that they do?
According to Lichess, they do so by intent.
But why is it intended? What end goal does they have? What arguments was there fore and against some decisions?

The link is just an example.
And I am aware moderators and developers are not paid to answer any questions.
But lack of communication leads to distrust.
Distrust leads to speculation, speculation leads to disharmony, disharmony leads to dissatisfaction.

People don't respect rules, when they are dissatisfied by those that makes them.

To gain/keep trust.
Be open with communication, provide as much information as needed.
Even if what is needed, only satisfy someone's curiosity.
Be open (as much as possible)
If Lichess's answer creates a problem for Lichess, or chess in general.
That's okay, I respect that, but tell me if it's a secret and why.

What am I to do with an answer like this?
"It works that way on purpose."
That just leaves more questions.

"For security reasons I can't tell you why, but It works that way on purpose."
Okay, I can understand that, if/when Lichess have some reasons.

But come on.
This answer surely is no secret. Yet Lichess don't respond properly.
Why?

This is just one question.
And maybe the answer is a lack of resources, but it's still a question left open and un answered.
#66
@NaturalBornTraveller said in #65:
> @Toadofsky thank you. But I seen that before, and it is quite old.
> What about all the new features/changes that have happened since then?

Unfortunately if I knew the complete answer to that, I wouldn't have dozens of open issues. We do publish a changelog of committed changes.
#68
@Toadofsky I completely forgot about the changelog.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to find an answer to my question regarding the link in #63

But I did find this though, from April:
"Country name Turkey officially changed to Turkiye #14813 (thanks nkamadan)"
I remember I asked about this a year ago in the feedback.
lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/please-lichess-developers-read-this#9
Kind of cool to see that, I completely forgot about it until now.
(Although I doubt it was changed because of my post, it's still fun to see something I can remember, guess someone else toke the initiative I lacked, to make it happen :-)
#69
By all means, if you know how to rename nations, let's name one after me!
#70
@DailyInsanity I was just reminded of the fact that Richard Dawkins originally coined the word "meme" for this mind-virus type thing. He compared it to genes in that the evolve, mutate, and are subject to selective pressures.