Multiple Accounts

[Martee]

What do you do to members who make multiple accounts for their own use? Would you just ban one of their accounts outright or would you demand a very good reason for having two accounts? I'd just ban them outright to be honest, there is no need for two accounts.

 

[Sam1]

There really isn't any reason to have two accounts, but sometimes staff members on promotion forums do it.... They have one account as a staff member where they have to share out their signature and one real one for themselves.

 

[Martee]

I've never heard of an admin having two accounts for those purposes on a forum. Then again, how would you know?

 

[hashif]

Having multiple accounts is the sign of a scammer..if he is trusted person there is no need for him to create a second..obviously he need to be banned immediatly..

 

[Martee]

But what if the purpose of having a second account was what Sam described above Hashif? I know as a staff member myself that having my signature taken up by other peoples adverts are irritating.

 

[Sam1]

I wouldn't be a staff member if my signature was taken up, although there are some exceptions.... But one of the rewards of being a staff member is that a lot of the community are likely to visit the links you display. You'd loose that benefit.

 

[bcousins]

Sockpuppetry is a philany.

I tend to follow RailPage Australia(tm)'s rulings. They ban users as soon as they have a second account sighted.