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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2022 3:59:17 GMT -6
If you have multiple forum accounts on one forum, and have these accounts linked to your global account, you can easily swap between your forum accounts with just two clicks. Assuming you are already logged into a forum account and are now wanting to switch to a different account, locate the forum bar located at the very bottom-right hand corner of the screen. In this bar, click the Switch User icon and you will be taken to the "Select Account" screen. Next, simply click on the forum account you would like to be logged into. After this is completed, you will be taken to the forums home page and will be logged into the account you selected on the previous page.
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Post by lowell on Mar 16, 2022 4:07:24 GMT -6
This is handy for RP (role playing) on a game playing site. I am allowed multiple accounts on Elder Scrolls Online, and I have experimented with different races and abilities. This is not that type of forum.
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Post by Belle on Mar 17, 2022 19:43:30 GMT -6
I don't get why anyone wants multiple accounts.... WHY? What's the point?
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Post by James T. Kirk on Mar 17, 2022 19:55:20 GMT -6
I don't get why anyone wants multiple accounts.... WHY? What's the point? You would have to ask the person who had them all but don't expect a straight answer. I can probably come up with several motives, but I'm ready to put all that in the past and move on.
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Post by Belle on Mar 17, 2022 19:59:26 GMT -6
I've had people do that on my forum. I can't figure it out. When they're regular posters you can spot them right away.
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Post by James T. Kirk on Mar 17, 2022 20:06:29 GMT -6
I've had people do that on my forum. I can't figure it out. When they're regular posters you can spot them right away. I'm just glad ProBoards put lowell in charge so things can hopefully settle down. He was the obvious choice and ProBoards saw that.
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Post by lowell on Mar 17, 2022 20:24:01 GMT -6
The creation of multiple accounts may have been an attempt to make the board look more active, with more members. That would be the most positive of the explanations. Even that, may have been an attempt to enhance the original member's favor in the mind of the admin. Some of the fake accounts were created with different I.P. addresses, which would have made them appear more genuine to the admin.
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Post by James T. Kirk on Mar 18, 2022 4:58:34 GMT -6
The creation of multiple accounts may have been an attempt to make the board look more active, with more members. That would be the most positive of the explanations. Even that, may have been an attempt to enhance the original member's favor in the mind of the admin. Some of the fake accounts were created with different I.P. addresses, which would have made them appear more genuine to the admin. Your explanation is more generous to the person(s) involved than mine. I doubt they will ever explain it.
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Post by garak on Mar 18, 2022 5:20:28 GMT -6
I think that all of the reasons are true to some extent. Especially to pad the membership numbers. Other reasons I see is that they have very low self esteem and really have no life beyond posting on their boards. They are living out their fantasies online. Another is to try and disguise themselves to get friendly with other posters to try and get information from them to use against them. However, as Belle stated, if they are regular posters it is easy for one to see what is going on. You can change your name but the posting style remains the same.
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Post by James T. Kirk on Mar 18, 2022 9:53:59 GMT -6
They might have multiple usernames on their own forums with the intent to make it look like they have more active members, but I doubt that's the reason they would do it here.
I think it had more to do with the fact they have left, promising to never return, countless times. When they did come back, they either forgot their passwords or thought we would be too stupid to recognize them. They could have done like rdlb and added a "2" or in some cases a "10" to their original name, but that would require being an grown up.
The real insult was the way they went to ProBoards in a coup attempt to take control over this forum when the pleas to join theirs were ignored. What stood out to me most was how they expected ProBoards to just comply, and fast. When the ProBoards staff didn't do what they wanted, they insulted them with comments like "I bet if I offered to donate $10k I'd be admin of that forum by noon." And when didn't didn't answer in a manner of minutes they hounded them with comments like "Scott, I have been waiting for 4 hours. I have children to tend to." My first thought was, "then tend to the children an quit trying to screw with other people on the Internet."
The issue of why some people need multiple usernames does seem odd Belle, but when you consider what they were trying to do this forum, it's not surprising.
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Post by garak on Mar 18, 2022 10:50:13 GMT -6
I don’t disagree with anything that you said. Their reasons probably varied as to where they were using them. I still believe that the reasons run deeper than what we see on the surface. As you said they will never admit to anything. I too called them both out in chat for their lying, attempts at intimidation and attempted bribery. I am just glad that proboards saw it for what it was and shut their attempts down.
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Post by garak on Mar 18, 2022 12:04:23 GMT -6
I don't get why anyone wants multiple accounts.... WHY? What's the point? You would have to ask the person who had them all but don't expect a straight answer. I can probably come up with several motives, but I'm ready to put all that in the past and move on. Asking them would be a waste of time. The fact that neither one of them have showed up to defend their nefarious actions says all that needs to be said. They attempted a trump like coup and just like him they failed.
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Post by James T. Kirk on Mar 18, 2022 13:43:32 GMT -6
Like I said, I'm moving forward from here. I think it's time to get away from "members" being the "topics" around here.
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