Rule 4 - Modification

[EmperorSIX]

I've been wanting to post under a different name for the express purpose of separating this account and the activities conducted with it, from an account that I plan to in the future monetize. Something that is expressly banned via Rule 4.

I'm not one for breaking rules, and I like being here and don't want to get permabanned over something like this. With that in mind, are these rules debatable. I feel like I'm not alone in wanting to do this, and I don't understand why it is a rule.

What I'm proposing is something like this. You can have more than one account with the permission of a mod, so they know who you are, and you're two accounts can't ever interact in the same thread. Alleviating the sock-puppet concerns.

 

[Megaolix]

If you had any idea of the amount of sock reports we had, maybe you would say otherwise.

As a mod, for me, that's a no. As it is, you cannot ask us to have such a registry nor can you possibly ask us to check every once in a while what all such accounts in that hypothetical registry do in the event someone lie to us and try to cheat in quests.

 

[alethiophile]

If you want to change the name of your current account, we can do that.

Having multiple accounts is not allowed. Currently, managing a population of "known sockpuppets" would be a direct burden on the staff without any technological support for it. It's possible this may change, but only at the discretion of staff.

 

[Biigoh]

Pretty much what Mega said.

The best that could be done is a user name change by the admins.

 

[EmperorSIX]

That's fair I suppose, it wouldn't be fair to put the burden on you.

In my head I was just imagining that you guys could write some code and that would be that. Guess not tho.

Thanks for responding .

 

[Megaolix]

That's fair I suppose, it wouldn't be fair to put the burden on you.

In my head I was just imagining that you guys could write some code and that would be that. Guess not tho.

Thanks for responding .

Click to shrink...

As a teacher I had said about coding...

It's like sending a kid to the supermarket to do your groceries. Unless you tell him exactly what to do and what to get, down to every step he take, he'll just fill all bags with candies.

So yeah, what can seem simple can be so much more complicated than expected to code.

 

[Zreader]

How about requesting for a current account to be shadowbanned (or something like: can't post, can only read). Then allowed to make a new account?

Or does switching usernames disassociate you with past comments?

Sorry that this is close to being a necro, but I was thinking about this myself and didn't want the conversation split up.

 

[Megaolix]

How about requesting for a current account to be shadowbanned (or something like: can't post, can only read). Then allowed to make a new account?

Or does switching usernames disassociate you with past comments?

Sorry that this is close to being a necro, but I was thinking about this myself and didn't want the conversation split up.

Click to shrink...

If someone make a new accoutns because of issue, we tend to have the two accounts merged.

We won't really allow users to drop old accounts behind as to not forget their history. Especially if they have an history with warnings.