Posted by jay on September 4, 2003, at 9:32:35
In reply to Question about all of the 'new' handles/users..., posted by jay on August 26, 2003, at 14:08:49
I haven't checked PB Stats, but it seriously seems odd that each week, there are something in the way of 50 or so 'new' user handles, most whom disappear and never return. I feel there should be some authenticity and honesty with people when they post, and if many of these are the same users re-naming themselves, it just doesn't feel 'right'. I know...."what harm?"...but as I mentioned before, I feel a bit cheated and coned by such actions. I did think of another way to get folks to stick with one handle, and that is to prevent people from registering with 'web based email' accounts. (i.e. Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.) Now I know you need a Yahoo account to get into the services you have hooked up to Yahoo, but that is still a separate process than posting on the boards. A number of websites have this type of policy, mostly to prevent people from any covert and overt hostile actions. Is this too extreme?
Thanks,
Jay
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