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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 02:01:44 am 
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What is the view of members and the administration about people who register on forums and use more than one ID at the same time?

(I'm not referring to Glen's multiple IDs as 'ozstamps', Global Administrator, etc; that is for a totally logical reason.)

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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 02:05:14 am 
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Well, on Stampboards, it is Verboten!!!

We had a couple of "comic" characters - BoB etc - in the early days, but the rules do make clear one ID per member, which keeps things tidy, prevents "honey trap" / "shill" behaviour, and lets everyone know with confidence who they're dealing with.

As for other BBs, well that's up to them, but I can't see Stampboards changing any time soon.

(Challenge for Glen: respond to this WITHOUT using the words "hell", "freezes" and "over"...)


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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 02:11:15 am 
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If its a buying/selling forum, I see no problem with people having more than one ID.

However, if its purely a chat forum I don't see the point of having more than one ID.

You could end up with people talking to themselves in the same thread, perpetuating gibberish.

Its hard enough rounding up the spammers and people who do not read the rules.

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PostPosted: Wed May 11, 2011 02:37:23 am 
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Ian it is news to me that it might have occured, or be occuring - please email me privately if you have seen it happening - with member names you suspect, and we will take a look.

Rule 28 below clearly outlines the firm board position on it.

We have had a few geniuses in the past whose accounts were suspended by moderator concensus, sneak back and re-join, but their new "career" did not last long.

Oddly they generally post the same things, in the same manner, and often are dumb enough to use the same IP, which sets off a few bells eventually. :)

So thanks for asking, thread locked in case anyone gets any ideas - but unlike ebay - our detection meter is pretty well honed here. :)

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28. Using Multiple stampboards.com Accounts

In general Members are allowed just one stampboards.com account. In the past some members have used multiple handles to harass or mislead other members. Multiple accounts will be closed and members involved will be subject to the disciplinary process.

Remember every Moderator can click on ANY post and see the IP address and city/suburb it was posted from and from which service provider. And also IP log where all posts and IP's from that member were from, and whether they match any IP used by any other member, at any other time.

It is that simple. The special add-on software we have here does it all - at a glance. Tell us you are in Adelaide, and post from Brisbane - and we can see that readily.



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