Maybe I can help, even though I don't remember all the details of it.

The software was updated to the version we're on now giving a host of new features. One of them was the ability to, basically, rate a poster & leave a comment about the post or the poster. The user id of the person leaving the comment was not displayed.

Seems a few people decided it would be fun to leave negative comments about posters they didn't like, and sign someone else's name to it.

It all blew up when Randy displayed the user id of the person leaving the comment. It made it pretty clear the person signing the comment and the person actually leaving the comment weren't the same.

Similar happened with the rate-a-thread feature.

Of course, I welcome being corrected if I have recalled any of the details incorrectly.

edit - I just remembered something else... I believe the intent to use the feature was as a feedback system for those in coupon connection. Somehow it was turned on for all of FT, or maybe it couldn't be selectively turned on, and that's when all the fun started.