Moderator query?

[Prudie]

Can someone please explain why when there must be some moderator/Ed checking and deleting posts most of the time they are not able to jump in and quash the arguments in CB about who is who or who is masquerading as someoene else (such as has gone on this evening). Does the Ed not know when poeple are doubling up or am I being naive?

[boxtops]

Ed does take off people who are pretending to be someone else, multiple IDs are against AB rules as I understand it - a couple of weeks ago people were being zapped left right and centre - but sometimes it can take Ed a while to catch up. IMO Ed can only do something if another poster reports a thread but others may know better than I do. Anonimity is one part of AB which many people like.

[Prudie]

Thanks guys. I must admit I had forgotten that people could look at AB without signing in because my laptop at home and PC at work (only at lunchtime of course!!) always say 'welcome back prudie' when I come on straight from google. I see the stuff from earlier has gone now. I suppose if I registered at work with my work e-mail and obviously a different ISP I could create a monster too and no-one would know would they!

[vivandorron]

Prudie...You've hit the nail upon its head.

If you have access to more than a single Computer, you could have a number of registered names with AB and then have arguments with yourself within AB. Perhaps some people are already doing this.....Honestly, I am not....although I admit to having though about it, but am restricted by my conscience. I don't think you would need a different ISP....just two different Computers...say a Desktop and a Laptop.

Ron

[craft1948]

sorry ron....you don't even need different computers.....you can be a multi-user just on the one............

[vivandorron]

craft1948. Yes, having quickly thought about it : I could be registered independently to my wife Viv and could quarrel with her through AB.....That would be interesting.!!

Ron

[vivandorron]

It certainly would be.!!!

Viv

[craft1948]

My money's on Viv......

[vivandorron]

Thanks craft1948. Question is "How much are you prepared to spend on a 'Lady' who is 74yrs old this month"?

Best put your money tomorrow on a horse in the Grand National.

Viv

[craft1948]

Er Viv as a lady why would I wish to buy another lady, even one as lovely as yourself, a birthday present.
P.S. I'm 62 in August will I have something to look forward to?

[Prudie]

Hi Ron - so would you not need more than one e-mail address if you re-registered on the same laptop (for example)? It's a long time since I joined but i know I had to give an e-mail as part of the process (and we used to get e-mail alerts to answers then too)

[vivandorron]

What Viv says, always makes sense.!!!!!

Sorry Prudie, if this thread has digressed from your original question which was quite a sensible one. In all honesty, I think the Editorial staff are doing their best to suss-out those folk who are a pain in the posterior.

Kind regards....Ron

Ron

[craft1948]

Prudie I have 5 MSN email accounts on my laptop.....

[boxtops]

I still get email alerts, by the way, if I have clicked "subscribe to question" - don't other people?

[vivandorron]

Hi Prudie, Apologies for not having answered your personal question to me. I missed it whilst I was typing my last posting.

I don't know if you are on a 'dial-up ' internet connection or on Broadband. Viv and I do have separate E/mail addresses on BT Broadband so, in view of what craft1948 has said, it should be a simple matter for us to register separately with AB on the computer from which I am writing to you. It could be a different position with our secondary one which is still on a 'dial-up' connection via Virgin.( Left that way as a back-up)

Ron

[dizmouk2009]

"Just taking Facebook as an example Purdie, even without me cleaning up which I do before I log off, if I close Facebook say to go and do something else, I have to log back on. Maybe Answerbank can implement the same thing." Bez that's just your internet settings, I've only ever had to sign into facebook a few times. I only let my machine save all the pointless and worthless passwords - hence facebook.

[vivandorron]

I am possibly the last person to take advice from on computer matters. Nevertheless, I fail to see that logging into AB would stop the nerds who would have a number of 'log-in' identities and would have programmed matters accordingly.

Ron