Thread: RULE UPDATE, PLEASE READ - ACCOUNT CAPS

So... I've been watching this awhile, and feel the need to step in and post some things that it might not be my place to do so. I might even end up turning a few people in to super paranoid freaks and cause them to leave the internet forever. I know I personally started changing a lot of my behavior when I found out some of this stuff. A single person is allowed five accounts. This is a privilege as most forums only allow you to have one. As someone who has gone by one main online alias from the time I was on the internet, it is pretty damn easy for someone to find me on any forum, facebook, etc and track me. This is especially true if the person knows how what they're doing. Most people don't tend to vary their usernames too much for the sake of simplicity. This is both beneficial and a kick in the ass. So, when I previewed this... I saw how freaking long it was and decided to spoiler stuff. xD The internet is public domain and what you do can have real world consequences. See more The internet was created to share information. In an example, you are hired for your skills but you can be fired for your behavior outside of work. You can be dismissed from a school, especially ivy league, because of how you conduct yourself and even more so if you're using an internet connection they provide. Yes, this is legal and often done. Think about how many times this has happened with a place like Facebook. A high school kid was expelled for saying 'fuck' on his twitter account, even though it was completely non-threatening. Varying online personas or multiple can help make things like this a little harder for the average person to find and you getting screwed over on. You should feel comfortable on any account you use. See more Like Rea pointed out, there are a few other reasons why someone would want a new account being harassed by someone on an old one, wanting to start completely fresh, or not wanting to know about some deep, dark kink that you don't want people to know you have. This sort of goes back to what I said above about your online life affecting what happens to you in real life. Incest, non-con, zoophilia, age play, necro... these are just some of the kinks that can come back to bite you in the ass. Or it might be something that your just admitting to yourself, you want exposure to, but you don't want to be associated with because it is still so taboo to you in your mind. An alt account would allow you to explore it in a way you're more comfortable with. What is the most disgusting thing to you, is something someone else thoroughly enjoys. Admit it, not knowing anything else about a person, but knowing that would make you think they were weird. Some people aren't as open as others and are more influenced by this fact. Boiling it down to gender. See more The main point of this seems to be creating an account with the assumption that you are someone who you are not, especially when it comes to gender. Gashnaw pointed out that he had an account for female roles. Though on the alt account, he didn't specify. If you want to play a female role, but post in the male request thread, then a lot of people are going to bypass it because of where it is placed. I remember someone posted a request thread like this and with that stated. A female, who mostly played males... posted in the male request thread with the statement of If someone is looking for male role, I think this would fit better here. Some people really don't care about the person behind the screen. Others do have some bias, and others specifically don't want someone of a specific gender for what can be a myriad of reasons. I can understand one or two instances of this happening as being an accident but if it is a continuing habit, then it is a problem. However, there is a difference between accidents and knowingly seeking someone out. This is what is trying to be weeded out as Darkangel stated. When it comes to knowing who is behind the screen See more There ARE ways to tell, or at least get a good idea of who is behind the screen. Your e-mai address alone can give someone access to pretty much any account you have signed up for a screen name is. Having access to your IP address... it might be scary to know just how much someone can find out about you. Proxies and IP masking don't work well if you signed up with an e-mail address. I, myself, consider myself sort of an intermediate at this. The knowledge I had alone would be able to find out the name on the bill, an address, and phone number. With the address, I can generally find out the names and ages of people in the household. With the names, I can sometimes find out most of your previous addresses or older information. The IP address can track pretty much every account on the internet you have and have logged in to. Sometimes even where you are currently logged in. Your history is also pretty easy to track thanks to cookies and IP loggers. While I'm pretty sure staff would NEVER go as far as to hijack an IP allowing them access to everything on your computer and any information sent over it or hack an e-mail address, it can be done by people who are more experienced in this. There are free programs out there that can do this. It isn't really as hard as you think to find out, or get a good idea of the person behind the screen.