I just got a friend of mine to join...she told me that she can't make a post for 5 days.

What's up with that? back when I joined I never had to wait

I had to wait 5 days too.

I was told it was until my cheque had cleared.

Cheque?

Wha???

I never had to wait when I first signed up but I did when I changed my user name recently. It started when org members posted some crap on okayplayer.com & the okayplayers came to get their revenge. Ben installed the 5 day wait around then to keep em out. Now if people can wait 5 days, I guess Ben knows they will not miuse the site so easily or join up just to do so

That's been in place for quite a while now. All new accounts have to wait 5 days before they can post.

What it does help with, is stopping abusive posters who have been deactivated from the site... coming back with a new account every hour to cause more problems.

It doesn't seem to be dissuading anyone from setting up lots of multiple identities though

ian said:

hey, remember when i recommended that a portion of the person's IP address be listed under your alias to point out who's creating duplicate accounts? Everyone screamed foul but you...

wait..i didnt recommend that...someone else did...im a newbie...nevermind





past-life edit!!!
[This message was edited Sun Aug 10 5:46:32 PDT 2003 by sosgemini]

Thanks for clearing that up guys

sosgemini said:

Yeah people didn't like that idea much