CMNiemann banned for “Abuse”

Hey everyone,  
I noticed something pretty weird today, and I can’t stop thinking about it. CMNiemann, a titled and respected player in the community, has been *magically* banned for "Abuse." Now, I know what you’re thinking: "Oh, another banned account, big deal." But hear me out because this smells fishier than a week-old tuna sandwich.  

Yesterday, CMNiemann dropped some *serious* info about certain moderators. A lot of you responded positively, saying you knew him and that what he was saying was true. And now? Poof! Not only is his account gone (which, okay, fine, it happens), but his entire post has disappeared too. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it *super* unusual for a banned account’s forum posts to just vanish? I’ve seen plenty of banned users whose forum pages are still up for everyone to see. So why is CMNiemann’s post gone? Almost like someone *really* didn’t want people to see it…  

And let’s talk about the "Abuse" reason. Really? Abuse? From what I saw, CMNiemann didn’t break any rules or go against the ToS. He just shared some… let’s call it *enlightening* information about certain moderators. Coincidentally, some of these mods apparently had some *funny business* going on. Like, did you know some of them created their accounts just days before becoming moderators? I did some digging, and it turns out CMNiemann wasn’t exactly wrong about that. But hey, what do I know? I’m just a humble chess enthusiast who’s starting to feel like this whole thing is a little too convenient.  

So, let’s recap:  
1. A respected player exposes some shady stuff about mods.  
2. His post gets a ton of positive feedback from the community.  
3. Suddenly, he’s banned for "Abuse," and his post is wiped from existence.  
4. Some of the mods he mentioned *do* seem to have questionable backgrounds.  

Am I the only one who thinks this reeks of a cover-up? Like, are we just supposed to pretend this never happened? I’m not saying there’s a conspiracy, but… okay, I’m totally saying there’s a conspiracy.  

Anyway, I’m just here to share my thoughts and see if anyone else feels the same way. Maybe I’m overreacting, or maybe there’s something seriously wrong here. Either way, I’d love to hear your opinions. And if any mods are reading this… no hard feelings, but maybe address this instead of sweeping it under the rug? Just a thought.  

That wasn't really Hans Niemann

As to the moderator account ages, when Moderator are chosen, ones that meet the requirements including have been a member for a year at least, they are recommended to create a moderator only account and keep their primary account for regular site usage.

Thank U,....I was wondering what happened to that thread. Whatever happened, happened when I was sleeping. My notices said 6 new post and poof its gone.

It is very common for a for a banned accounts posts to vanish.

Even for entire threads they may have started to vanish.

Particularly if the perpetrators posts were the reason for them being banned.

they probably removed the posts because it had no credibility. it had points, sure. but the person who posted it claimed to be on the site since the beginning and also claimed to be hans niemann, and both of those claims were false (not hans due to obvious context clues, and the guy had made his account 17 days ago), so it can be assumed that the entire thing was false and therefore was rendered useless, so they deleted it
maybe im wrong though so take what i say with a grain of salt

Seriously, Marty? Why would you assume anyone thought so?

That is true. It happens all the time to accounts that make chess.com and/or its moderators look foolish.

This is my case. I've been here since 2017 and made a mod account so I can still play chess in peace on my regular account.

Um OP literally called "CMNeimann" a respected and titled player so there's at least one player.

Anyway, this CMNeimann needed to go. He did nothing but spread misinformation.

Fun fact: the OP of this thread repeats pretty much the same misinformation and same abuse. And the moderators aid and assist him, instead of doing their job.

how can people fall for stuff like that? this guy named his acc CMNiemann, searched up hans niemann and made his pfp the 2nd result, and put some "official" nonsense that any person in the world could put in their bio. at least some people can do bare minimum due dillegence

Feel free to fill out the application in the pinned comment in this forum. Then you can help moderate where you feel we are lacking.

Well the big picture in the past 2 weeks is, veryverystern being idiotbox, and someone impersonating a titled player......I'm gonna get some popcorn.

For everyone here,.... we're all familiar with OTF. In the past 10 yrs, when has a "titled" player been posting in OTF and complaining about the moderation?

I said he came off as "believable" yesterday. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. YOU, on the other hand, have a 1 day old account, and your complaining about the moderation?

What we don't know behind the scenes is that maybe someone checked the IP address of Mr Neimann and found it to be fraudulant like Martin said.

It's funny that you talk about "critical thinking" just as you swallow a completely unhinged conspiracy theory.

Mr Phamtom needs to read post # 2.

The OP implied it.