Any chance of alerting us to members with multiple accounts

[Guest]

There was recently some talk of members posing as other members, or people with multiple accounts. Any chance you could post the users that operate more than one account from the same IP?  Another site I frequent does that and it puts a stop to the deception.  They include the admins that pose as members to drum up drama. So silly. 
 

just a thought 

[RadioRob]

This is difficult as IP is a really bad indicator these days.  For example, our biggest percentage of users are in NYC.  It's not uncommon to see people share an IP when they are using a mobile device on a cell network.  Also, IPs because of mobility changes very frequently.  There is also the use of VPNs and that some users use the same VPN provider.  

It's somewhat of a manual task to figure out if there are multiple accounts involved.  This includes building a device fingerprint, looking at browser info, etc.  Even then, sometimes it comes down to a gut feeling by needing to look at the posting style and how the two suspected accounts act.  

[Guest]

Gotcha. Ok Ty! 

[samhexum]

On 7/22/2023 at 1:54 PM, Coolwave35 said:

There was recently some talk of members posing as other members, or people with multiple accounts. Any chance you could post the users that operate more than one account from the same IP?  

16 hours ago, RadioRob said:

This is difficult as IP is a really bad indicator these days.  

 

15 hours ago, Coolwave35 said:

Gotcha. Ok Ty!