Group imposters on Ojuice.net - by Dipswitch/Black Maiden
Publication: Pain 12/04 (2004)

A strange thing I noticed lately. A thing that is so absurd that it's already funny, and yet so outrageous that it made me write this note about it.

It's nothing new that sceners sometimes claim to be in group they aren't - that happened since the earliest times, and various flamewars over the decades document it. On Ojuice though, it happens in absurd proportions. I was checking the stats of Black Maiden and noticed that there was someone called Blake whom I didn't know. I thought it could be someone from the old ANSi times, but this couldn't be confirmed through the older Black Maiden members, and also the fact that Blake states he joined the scene in 1999 makes it quite illogical. Okay, so here we have someone who claims to be in a group where he isn't, for whatever foggy reason.

I was even more surprised though that we weren't the only group "blessed" with imposters on Ojuice. Especially really famous gorups are befallen from that plague. Check the Farbrausch memberlist on Ojuice, for example. There are several people on there who are by no means members of Farbrausch, the best example being someone called D4rkvip3r who states to have been interested by the scene since 2001. The Haujobb memberlist hosts one oOLoopOo who also considered it a fancy choice to "join" Future Crew. Speaking of Future Crew, there are at least 3 people listed that never have been FC members.

But even a funny or unusual groupname makes the group vulnerable to suspect "joining": So we have some 14-year old kid claiming to be member of Metalvotze and Darkness - most likely attracted just by the groupnames. Also the groupname Matrix seems to pull quite some people, including someone who claims to having been interested in the scene since he's 4 years old.

I really wonder what's going through the mind of people who just "join" some random groups on Ojuice? Are they trying to show off? But it should be obvious to everyone that "group membership" on Ojuice doesn't mean anything. I rather have the assumption that some people think Ojuice is some kind of new U-boot or Orkut, where they can register and meet new friends. And with the groups, like "Oh yeah, i'm a mean Metal-Votze and I like Darkness wooh!". And probably they start to wonder after a few months why noone sends them private messages, and forget about that "useless" community. Or perhaps, there are already tons of non-scene communication on Ojuice, there's dating and shit going on and we don't know it?

However it might be, it should be clear for everyone that "group status" on Ojuice doesn't mean anything! And if any of those clueless newbies or even non-sceners should happen to read this: It doesnt make any sense! Clicking some groupname doesn't make you a groupmember.