What is an ALT in here?
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I think I know the answer but what is your definition, take?
Are ALTS disliked, banned? Or simply trashed?
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An alt is someone who posts under one or more additional user names. Usually it’s because they’ve been banned and/or they want to troll the forum.
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It's short for alternate. People that have other accounts or usernames that they might use.
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Alternative identity. They don’t bother me. If a person needs a mask, pseudo name, or new/different “handle”, I view it as one exercising one’s free will. Each to their own.
Or would an ALT be like somebody in Moscow disliked by the regime?
In most cases, alts are duplicate troll accounts although there are a couple of other infrequent types (banned member allowed to rejoin, lost login info, etc)
Many/most alts are disliked and, in theory, they should be banned per the rules from the top of this forum:
No.
You keep changing your question so it's hard to answer. To answer the last part, if an alt is trolling, like the EScott Coins/Rick Snow debacle, they are thoroughly trashed. Some of those alts were banned. Some were not, presumably the mod didn't think they had broken enough rules or couldn't prove they were an alt or didn't care that much.
Yes that’s correct dup accts are banned.
Basically my question about somebody with no dup acct of course but possibly disliked by the ruling class of a blog.
That would be a DEAD MAN WALKING.
Asking for a friend, huh?
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Who are you saying has an alt? It isn't me.
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I'll quote myself from another thread for the benefit of OP:
EDIT: While I would take it as a compliment if I would be considered "ruling class", I'm not. Just someone who pays attention too much to lots of things and can't keep his mouth shut at times.
This thread seems counterproductive.
Alts are so useful that there is not one, but TWO shortcuts on your keyboard, one on either side of the spacebar. Just type out your troll/controversial/combative post, smash the ALT button and post. It will automatically create and register an alt account on whatever forum/group you are on and post under that. /s
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Well, it was either this or another "Oh look how great the cacs is" thread. THKS!
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So you are a mod now? Moderator
Well, alts are usually bad.
Sometimes they are an opportunity for a fresh start.
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Meant Moderator lol.
Seems counterproductive.
Why would someone want two names?
A split personality?
We are all adults here, right?
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Most everyone of any duration has been banned. Some have groveled to get reinstated, many others have created a new account.
What in the world are you talking about? When did I ever hint or imply that I am a moderator?
When did I ever deserve have somebody frequently quote my posts? For now I am done with you. As far as quoting my posts - stay away.
Alts provide an opportunity for many here to play Sherlock Holmes. Watson, let's go, the games afoot.
Which posts of yours should he stay away from? The original post? The second edited post, or the third and (sometimes) final post?
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As you know, if you don’t like people quoting your posts, you can put them on ignore.
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Quoting is not a punishment or troll unless you're ashamed of what you wrote. Also, LOL! I'll quote myself again:
The less I know the better I like it at times around here
No, we are not all adults.
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I am lenient to alts only when it is a banned person who has repented of their wrongs, and even then, as soon as they start acting awful again, then they aught to be kicked again. Hence @Insider3 .
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I quoted all of your posts in this thread. This is helpful because we will still all get to see them after you delete them.
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It might not be the time to say this, but there is in fact, are two alts posting in this very thread.
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To be fair, he usually edits (frequently), rather than deletes his posts.😉
@CRHer700 said:
It might not be the time to say this, but there is in fact, an alt posting in this very thread.
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I know of at least two, though one of them at least admitted it within a thread, after being asked.
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Can you PM me which other poster on this page is an alt? Confidentially of course.
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Greg has admitted to being FRAZ, so that is one of them (no real secret).
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I think you must secretly have a crush on CAC and just pretend to dislike it so much. You bring up the topic of CAC as much as anyone I know and it’s often in threads like this, which have nothing to do with CAC.
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They have known that since he first rejoined. He sent several of us messages asking us if we approved of his return.
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Whenever anyone here says "alt" I always think about those crazy alt girls I used to party with in high school, good times.
POTD right here, without a doubt.
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How did you know there were two alt’s of you don’t know who the second one is? 😅
Technically, @MFeld is an alt. His original handle was @coinguy1, but one thread made David Hall upset and he lashed out and banned several forum members that day.
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Yes, I did, but if you count him there are three in this thread.
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