Alternate/"sock puppet" accounts are NOT allowed

[MelissaWV]

4chan ?

4CHAN GLOBAL RULES

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(Yes, I know there's a smattering of sarcasm... just pointing out they do have rules, even if they don't care to enforce them.)

[heavenlyboy34]

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. - Tao Te Ching

You think rules of conduct=law? Come on, now, don't be silly. If you don't like the way this place is managed, go elsewhere. There's no law keeping you here.

[Danke]

So what is wrong with a second account if you don't abuse it in the ways malkusm has laid out?

[Keith and stuff]

banning sock puppet accounts on a libertarian message board is kind of hypocritical, no?

Not at all. Perhaps, if anything, it would be more likely to happen on a libertarian message board. I am not sure if this is a libertarian message board, though.

[heavenlyboy34]

I made the point that searching via the "new posts" function. It is helpful to have a second account for that. The forum times out, and if you don't read all the new posts (need to do something else, etc.), then a second account comes in handy.

why not just open a new tab/window? That's what I do.

[MelissaWV]

So what is wrong with a second account if you don't abuse it in the ways malkusm has laid out?

The truth? It probably will not attract attention, then. Fire11 can't help itself, and posts every darned time. People are on here having full-length conversations with themselves, cross-repping, self-promoting. How many versions of Matt Collins do we REALLY need? That kind of stuff draws the eye and the banhammer.

[heavenlyboy34]

Not at all. Perhaps, if anything, it would be more likely to happen on a libertarian message board. I am not sure if this is a libertarian message board, though.

It's named after a libertarian, but many here are not libertarian. It's a motley crue.

[Danke]

The truth? It probably will not attract attention, then. Fire11 can't help itself, and posts every darned time. People are on here having full-length conversations with themselves, cross-repping, self-promoting. How many versions of Matt Collins do we REALLY need? That kind of stuff draws the eye and the banhammer.

I understand, but it goes against "the letter of the law."

So at anytime one could be perma-banned.

nice.

[Nirvikalpa]

I understand, but it goes against "the letter of the law."

So at anytime one could be perma-banned.

nice.

It's quite simple. Don't give us a reason to do a large IP check and other comparisons we do (it's quite extensive), and we won't.

[jmdrake]

I made the point that searching via the "new posts" function. It is helpful to have a second account for that. The forum times out, and if you don't read all the new posts (need to do something else, etc.), then a second account comes in handy.

why not just open a new tab/window? That's what I do.

What? Heavenlyboy you dare to circumvent the forum property owners rule that you have to wait for repeated searches? Don't you know that makes you someone who doesn't respect property rights and a *gasp* communist? You shall be neg-repped by the one who's ban should still be permanent until he responded via email to a thread that he couldn't read because he was banned! /sarcasm.