On Ghosting

[Bond18]

Man i wish i knew where to come down on this issue. I'm all for anything that decreases multi accounting and the image that online poker is rigged but then there are a ton of gray areas here.

Take coaching for example, it seems almost everyone that being ghosted by a coach your paying but doesn't have a % in terms of financial issue is normally ethical. In fact, i'd even say ghosting in that manner is good for the game since players will introduce new players to the game and teach them through this manner.

What about when i really need to use the bathroom and a friend covers my tournaments?

What about when a tournament i really want to play is at an inconvenient time or theres a conflict for the beginning part of it, so a friend covers?

What about an example such as last night, where i told a bored Kramer over AIM to come sweat me in a Tilt tournament, and while he never told me what to do we discussed the strategy of a situation? He had no financial interest in the situation, but if he saw something i didn't and brought it to my attention i would have most certainly used it towards my advantage. Is that cheating?

What about when my girlfriend is in a hand on her computer and asks for my advice? Unethical to answer? If so i get to spend a lot of nights on the couch.

Just seems there's a lot of situations that would be both common and pretty harmless but are in a murky area ethically.