Egyptian Dreams

[Khuy-n-inpw]

Is it possible to enter the ED forum with the same e-mail address but a secondary profile? For instance, would it be possible for Daughter of Seti to write occasional posts under the name of her cat, Qetesh?

I wouldn’t like to try this as an experiment without asking first, because the moderators might see it as rather sinister behaviour, and in any case I have no reason to do it.

However, I do notice from the memberlist that the name of at least one subscriber seems to occur twice, with and without a full stop, and I have occasionally wondered if there were other cases, such as members of the same family to using the same e-mail address to post under a variety of names.

[Kiya]

I have a couple of php boards and as an Admin, you can see the IP addresses of the members as well as their email addresses. As far as I know; it isn't possible to have more than one username with the exact same email address. I can't be certain though because I've never tried it.

This is an interesting topic in that recently, my 13 year old daughter and I, left a Native American board because we were accused of being the same person! Because my daughter is mature in her outlook, the Admin told everyone on the board that she is me. Her evidence was that we share the same IP address. Of course we do; we're part of a family of the same house! It was hurtful that the Admin should do that as it was untrue but she lost quite a few members over it.

I'm sure Kevin will be able to clear it up for you though
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[anneke]

I think it's considered bad form to sign in under different names. Unless you make clear to the people on the board they are talking to one and the same person.

The IP addresses are not very strong evidence for identity. It's not just more than one person using the same computer - I've seen that on Egyptian Dreams - there are also some routers that can give false identifications.

If I suspect someone is coming in under mutliple names, I usually send them a PM and ask about it.

Hopefully Kevin will join in and make his opinions known. He pretty much has the last word on these kind of things
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[Kevin]

Signing up as multiple users isn't something I would encourage. Why would you need to sign up as another person anyway? It could potentially be abused by someone wanted to start an argument or flame war with somebody, with them having signed up under a different persona so as not to be associated with their 'main' profile. This has happened several times in the past on another board I run and caused no end of trouble.

Unless you can convince me it is absolutely necessary, e.g. two household members with the same interest wanting to sign up, then I will probably not allow it.

And no, I don't think you can have two profiles with the same email address.
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"Man fears Time - but Time fears the pyramids" - Old Egyptian saying

[Kiya]

I too have witnessed that happening, Kevin. There was a guy who craved attention and had 3 different accounts (he thought we didn't know this) and he would answer his other posts under one of his aliases. I watched him do it one day. I agree with you. I don't see the point either.

There is a possibility that my daughter will want to join ED but if she does express a wish; I'll give you her information first and let you know who she is, so you'd know. I think that's only fair.
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[Aset]

I found Khuy-n-inpw's 'Doppelgänger'!





Aset
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[Khuy-n-inpw]

I believe that the more correct name for what I have called a doppelgänger is actually 'sockpuppet.'

There's an interesting Wikipedia article on this and other weird internet phenomena such as 'trolling' and 'astroturfing'.

[Aset]

It is a simple misunderstanding, I think.
I used the word "Doppelgänger" in its original meaning (in German) double (noun, literally "double walker"), because You wrote it correct with diacritic Umlaut.
Etymology: German Doppelgänger, from doppel = double and gänger = goer:
- a ghostly counterpart of a living person
- double
- a person who has the same name as another
I was amused to see the hieroglyphic inscription xwy!

Aset
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[Khuy-n-inpw]

[Kevin]

I'm locking this thread as it has wandered from the original question, which was answered.
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"Man fears Time - but Time fears the pyramids" - Old Egyptian saying