Outlaw Multiple Accounts
#1
Posted 30 August 2005 - 06:08 PM
#2
Posted 30 August 2005 - 06:11 PM
#3
Posted 30 August 2005 - 07:23 PM
If Willy Wonka was doing what many of us do every few years and decided to change his internet nickname he would want to change it on the forums he goes to along with his email address just like me. Everything I am signed up to uses the username Nemphtis now except for on these forums since Max doesn't allow us to do that which is fair enough.
So if I wanted to use my new username so badly it's perfectly fine to make a new account, since I'm not abusing the system I'm just finding a way around the fact that the admin doesn't allow me to change it.
But then there are the abusers, people who take it a little too far by having several accounts just to confuse members and pretend they are newbie for the forums (I assume it's because they are turned on by this sort of thing as anyone with half a social life would never do this). If someone is making more than 2 accounts then he should be dealt with, but if someone just wants to use their new online nickname on the forums so they make a new account then that should be perfectly fine.
#4
Posted 30 August 2005 - 08:38 PM
For instance, a user was put on Moderator's preview, he simply logs onto his other account to post freely.
#5
Posted 30 August 2005 - 08:50 PM
#6
Posted 30 August 2005 - 08:53 PM
I just think we should have some rules for that.
#7
Posted 30 August 2005 - 09:07 PM
Nick doesn't like that.
#8
Posted 31 August 2005 - 08:27 AM
... But, one thing concerns me about this. What if, say, something horrendous or unexpected happened to an individual's account; someone that was hacked, or, if they were mistakenly banned? Though, that does bring up rather empty answers, I still think that if the person was respected and good-natured here upon the forums, and something awful happened to their current account, what would they do?
#9
Posted 31 August 2005 - 08:50 AM
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Posted 31 August 2005 - 08:10 PM
#11
Posted 01 September 2005 - 04:44 AM
Let's try not to cross that line, ok.
What I'm trying to say is, if people want to change their accounts then that's fine, and if some (rare) members choose to abuse this privilage, then the mods will just have to be more alert. A forum with too many restrictions isn't fun, and what point is there to having this forum if it isn't fun at all?
#12
Posted 01 September 2005 - 05:44 AM
#13
Posted 02 September 2005 - 02:37 AM
nick1presta, on Aug 31 2005, 03:07 AM, said:
That's a good idea, warnings should be carried over and the consequence of having multiple accounts should be more of a higher risk of getting warned. ;D
#16
Posted 05 September 2005 - 09:04 AM
#17
Posted 05 September 2005 - 06:22 PM
#18
Posted 05 September 2005 - 06:43 PM