Multiple accounts

[ZandraJoi]

Do you allow multiple accounts on your forum? Why or why not? I don’t encourage it. Some platforms allow Admin to merge accounts. I wish Proboards had that option as I have a few members who forgot their login information & had to create another account. I honestly don’t like inflating my member numbers artificially.

What are your feelings towards this? Do you yourself allow it on your forum?

 

[Cory]

I don't allow multiple accounts because I see no reason to have multiple accounts on a resource board. It just feels like people would use them for malicious intent. As you mentioned, they could somehow get locked out of their account, but we have a contact us form that they're free to use when that happens.

 

[Naiwen]

I’d ban the ones whom have multiple accounts on mine.

 

[Cedric]

I don't see any reason why someone would need multiple accounts, so we don't allow that at all. If anything it tends to create more confusion.

 

[Kale]

I have two accounts on my forum at the moment. As far as users signing up and making more than one account I honestly don't see why they do that.

 

[Heatman]

Allowing members to have more than one account on any forum is too much noise to be. It's only going to create chaos and by the way how will the person contribute actively with multiple accounts when it's even difficult for most of them to be very active with just one account?

 

[Reverie]

I get it for a roleplay purpose, and I've seen integrations to log in to different accounts which was cool. On other types of forums I would definitely not allow multiple accounts. I've had users do it on accident because they forgot their log in and that's okay - when possible I merged the accounts together or banned whichever account the user did not plan on logging back into. I would offer to change the password as well if they'd like to log back into it.

The only time I've seen a user purposely have multiple accounts it was simply to troll.

 

[~ True Legend ~]

Allowing members to have more than one account on any forum is too much noise to be. It's only going to create chaos and by the way how will the person contribute actively with multiple accounts when it's even difficult for most of them to be very active with just one account?

Talk to yourself.Easy 🤣

 

[Shortie]

If I am aware that two accounts with the same details and such are of two different people in the same household then I do not mind it but when it comes to something such as a new account created to evade a ban or having multiple accounts to cause trouble, I do not allow that and they will be banned.

 

[~ True Legend ~]

If I am aware that two accounts with the same details and such are of two different people in the same household then I do not mind it but when it comes to something such as a new account created to evade a ban or having multiple accounts to cause trouble, I do not allow that and they will be banned.

Do you allow multiple accounts in general as long as they don't cause any trouble or circumvent bans?
Or would they be merged/deleted in such cases?

 

[Shortie]

Do you allow multiple accounts in general as long as they don't cause any trouble or circumvent bans?
Or would they be merged/deleted in such cases?

This would be fine, yes as long as I was aware that they were two different people. I could never understand why one person would need two accounts on a forum as they would be replying to the same thing twice. Not sure what they would get out of it having two accounts.

Two accounts for two separate people in a household or even when it comes to mobile data and such, sometimes that can be picked up as the same IP but two different people, that would also be fine as long as I knew that they were to separate people.

I have always found that anyone who needs two accounts is definitely up to something.

 

[~ True Legend ~]

This would be fine, yes as long as I was aware that they were two different people.

Sorry my question is if you know both accounts belong to the same person, but they have not caused any trouble yet AND they are not restricted in any way on their main account. Would you immediately ban them or first ask which account they'd like to keep?

What if someone contacted you stating they wish to post a question anonymously? Or want a separate account for home and work? Would you allow such in that case?

 

[Shortie]

Sorry my question is if you know both accounts belong to the same person, but they have not caused any trouble yet AND they are not restricted in any way on their main account. Would you immediately ban them or first ask which account they'd like to keep?

What if someone contacted you stating they wish to post a question anonymously? Or want a separate account for home and work? Would you allow such in that case?

I would consider it for sure as long as I knew that the account was being used for the right purpose and not to cause any issues and what not. It's not something I see too often though so not sure if it would be a situation I would end up in but there is always the case.

 

[~ True Legend ~]

I would consider it for sure as long as I knew that the account was being used for the right purpose and not to cause any issues and what not. It's not something I see too often though so not sure if it would be a situation I would end up in but there is always the case.

Asking career-related questions or discussing mental health.
Speaking of which, perhaps a great feature to have on any forum is anonymous posting where only the staff can see the poster's username. What are your thoughts on this?

 

[Shortie]

Asking career-related questions or discussing mental health.
Speaking of which, perhaps a great feature to have on any forum is anonymous posting where only the staff can see the poster's username. What are your thoughts on this?

This used to be a feature through an addon if I remember rightly but not sure if it still is as I have not checked myself.

Something like this I remember many used to use to have anonymous forums where people could be anonymous and post things without others knowing who they are. I guess if it is used right and the staff are able to see the member who is making the posts anonymously, it could be a good addition to a forum.

 

[Paul]

Generally no, but if someone returns after a fair while away, they usually have a different e-mail address to years earlier so I usually combine their post counts and delete their original account.

 

[~ True Legend ~]

Generally no, but if someone returns after a fair while away, they usually have a different e-mail address to years earlier so I usually combine their post counts and delete their original account.

There's no but to that. You simply don't allow it, end of story
I think your but should be replaced with an and

 

[Ravenfreak]

I think it depends on the niche of the forum. If it's a roleplaying forum, some people might want to roleplay as multiple different characters and thus have to have multiple accounts in order to do so. If it's any other type of forum, then I don't think people should have multiple accounts other than perhaps the site admin to test things out.

 

[~ True Legend ~]

What if someone contacted you stating they wish to post a question anonymously? Or want a separate account for home and work? Would you allow such in that case?

Asking career-related questions or discussing mental health.
Speaking of which, perhaps a great feature to have on any forum is anonymous posting where only the staff can see the poster's username. What are your thoughts on this?

@Ravenfreak I am very curious

 

[Heatman]

Talk to yourself.Easy 🤣