Should posters using more then one account be banned?

[MadtownPacker]

You are the jury, judge, and executioner.

[Partial]

Ban as in the alternate account, or ban as in the primary account user? If you are referring to the primary user, I think there should be some sort of statement alerting everyone that if they sign up a second account, they both will be banned

[Scott Campbell]

I voted yes. This is exactly the type of thing we left JSO because of, though not the only reason.

[Bretsky]

We certainly don't want this occuring; I'd be curious to know how many multiple user accounts there are.

Rather than banning them totally, I'd rather see the 2nd account be eliminated along with a harsh word of warning via PM reminding that user multiple accounts are not allowed and if one is again created he's outta here.


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[Zool]

I dont think a warning is neccessary. People know not to create multiple accounts. Ban them and send them an email as to why. Make them ask to get back in.

[Fosco33]

We certainly don't want this occuring; I'd be curious to know how many multiple user accounts there are.

Rather than banning them totally, I'd rather see the 2nd account be eliminated along with a harsh word of warning via PM reminding that user multiple accounts are not allowed and if one is again created he's outta here.


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Agreed. Just a point of clarification - and no, I most certainly do not have 2 accounts - but is this based off of IP address or email? I guess you can get around both if you really wanted to (roaming IP or a 2nd email address).

[Anti-Polar Bear]

We can make mutiply accounts? When i first signed up, I had to beg some Mexican to let me in. What happen to that type of exclusive? Is this forum 100% inclusive now?

Dont worry, I aint gonna start another account. I like this one a lot.

[Deputy Nutz]

Bottom line those in question know this practice is not accepted. It was not accepted amongst us at JSO, and it should not be tolerated here. To many problems and flat out bullshit occured because of one user using multiple aliases.

Warnings are all fine and dandy for those that are new users or haven't come here from other known locations. But screw the warning if a person is knowingly in the wrong.

We are not dumb asses here, it takes one click of the mouse to figure this out. If you are going to have multiple users, thats fine, let us know, otherwise there is no need for anyone to have mulitple user names for one account.

[woodbuck27]

"I voted yes. I think that members here should have a grace period, if this is under consideration, to set up - on a one account basis if, 'in fact' that is the case, that some have two accounts.

Noone needs to have two screennames unless they are up to hi-jynx or absolute no good.

The last thing you need is someone getting banned and coming back to haunt the Forum vindictively, as we witnessed at JSO." woodbuck27

[GrnBay007]

I would post that warning some place like in rules/regulations or for sure some place it won't be missed (maybe it is already, I'm not sure) for new people joining.

For anyone that came over from JSO bann them if they are using duplicates....they surely know better.

[MJZiggy]

I don't know that you can have a double standard though, saying if you're from here you get banned, if you're from somewhere else you don't. You're right though, there are enough places that allow multiple accounts that it has to be made unmistakably clear to anyone joining that multiple accounts are not tolerated here and (if it is decided yes) they will be banned for creating them.

[Bretsky]

I still think a PM warning is appropriate before banning them immediatly.

We could also PM users with over one and let them know all accounts but their primary are being zapped and offer them a warning that if any extra accounts are created they will be banned.

That being said, if there is a legitimate reason for concern, and there is somebody with over two accounts, I have no problem zapping them.

Keep in mind I'm offering a non techie point of view here so if there is reason to be suspicious better to error on the side of caution.

Maybe Mad and Partial look at some of these multiple user accounts to see if they contribute ?

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[Partial]

I still haven't voted as I am awaiting clairification on the matter.. Mad

[Bretsky]

I still haven't voted as I am awaiting clairification on the matter.. Mad

My vote probably is not complete either; being a numbers guy nothing is simple to me. To cast my vote, I guess I'd like to know how many people there are with two accounts, three or more accounts, and four or more accounts.

I'm an optomist so I'd look much harder at the non contributors with 3 or more accounts if there are any.

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[jack's smirking revenge]

My opinion is that you can set such a guidelines, but it will be almost impossible to enforce. Do the mods have time to go on witchhunts to figure out who has multiple accounts? If so, how do you prove that someone has multiple accounts as each account is set up with a unique email address? Maybe there are ways that I don't know of that don't involve tracking IPs.

I think the evolution of this place into a JSO-similar forum is almost inevitable as this place grows and becomes more populated. Set guidelines and expectations and hope that they stick. I think posters should be banned for conduct unbefitting this forum, but simply having two accounts isn't bad conduct--that's just someone with either too much time on their hands or a vendetta against this crowd. Either way, that poster's actions will give them away and make them easy to target and discipline.

In some rare occasions, having mulitple accounts is entertaining. (I had fun playing Mike Sherman on JSO and was always entertained by the George W. poster, assuming that person had multiple accounts).

And, no, I don't have mutliple accounts. I have a hard enough time keeping up with this one.

tyler