If someone has multiple accounts, is that spamming?

Question

The reason I ask this question is because SOMEONE in this section (I'm not going to mention any names because that's against Yahoo CG, that person knows who they are and they of course, are a troll) has many accounts on here.

I know that because whenever I see him/her I block him/her. I have blocked 16 of his/her accounts since I had joined yahoo answers last month. That means that he/she has many accounts.

Is that spamming? Like, can I report him/her for that?

By the way: You probably know who he/she is, but please do not call out his/her name. I rather not innocent people be reported because this user has a guilty conscience.

Answer 1

That would not be a definition of "spamming."  It would be against "rules and regulations," but I could care less.  I only have one account, but while I was out of town heard about another user's apology.  Actually, I liked that contributor and all their incarnations, but never even realized it...

Here's the short answer, though:  it doesn't affect my daily life and I hope it doesn't yours either...

BTW:   (((grrr!!!)))

and that's considered chatting...

Answer 2

Having more than 1 account is against Y/A rules & regulations ! However, MANY people here, perhaps thinking THEY R on 'higher moral ground' (hypocrites) have 2 or more accounts !! This is especially true of the MAJORITY of "top contributors" who vote 4 themselves, as well as their little clique of friends !!! OKAY CHILDREN, ALL TOGETHER NOW: THUMBS DOWN ! - feel better now ?

Answer 3

Hello,

No, he or she is just getting back in the forum after being run off; that's the only option they have and they are not selling products, investments or fake money laundering scams.

Cheers,

Michael Kelly

Answer 4

lol...there are people with multiple accounts. i have them all blocked. and yes it is. under the cg/tos rules, a user can not have more than one account. it is considered cheating. cheating is against the cg/tos rules, so you can report them.

and yes i know alot of people with them lol. one is a tc and the other is well a troll lol.i am not naming for S**t.no one else needs to know other than the ones that do.

the one tc person i know who does have multiple accounts, i do not have blocked. i just refuse to answer that persons question. and do not give that person thumbs up or down.

edit: HAk its not you lol..i didnt even know about you lol. its someone youdl least expect..well the person im talking about.

Answer 5

That many accounts seems like a waste of time, since you can only be using one at a time, no matter how many you have open at once.

I have two accounts with Answers access.  I only intended one for email and the other for Answers, but as it's worked out, I chime in with whichever account I happen to be in.  Somehow the different sn's and avatars influence what I write.  Interesting experience.

Answer 6

I don't know who you're talking about, but it's not against the terms and conditions to have several accounts unless they use those accounts to vote themselves Best Answer or to give thumbs-up and stars etc.  

I have 3 accounts, one (my original) is idle, the other hasn't been touched for a couple of weeks, but they never interact and I've never hidden them from anyone.

Edit:  This is my other active account http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt...

Answer 7

That depends on how they use the account.

According to the Community Guidelines, having Multiple accounts is OK, but the accounts should never cross each other.

For example, you can have multiple accounts, but you cannot use them to:

*Report Posts,

*Vote for your own answers,

*Answer your own question and take the Best Answer,

*Rate a Post (Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down),

*Star  your own question,

*Harass others., or

*Troll

So, if you don't do the ones mentioned above, yes...it is alright to  have multiple accounts.

I do have one more account, but I am keeping that for Back-up.

I'm using this account, and if this gets deleted, I'll switch to that one because I don't like the hassle in Level 1.

It is also wise to have multiple accounts.

Reason:

Never use the same account for email and contacts, and for Yahoo! Answers.

Because, your entire Yahoo! ID might get deactivated because of a Troll!

Entire Yahoo! ID deactivation means, you lose everything...your email account will also get deleted...so you will lose all your important contact ID and emails.

I can say so, because recently, my Level 6 Yahoo! Answers account  was attacked by trolls from 3 categories, and my entire account was deactivated.

I lost all my contact ID and my important emails.

But, if the user you are referring to is using multiple accounts for the thing you are not supposed to do (mentioned above) then you certainly can report him/her.

To report him/her, you have to email all the URLs of all the Profiles, and the reason you are reporting for to: [e-mail]

(Note: answrs without "e" is correct)

Then let Yahoo! take care of this matter.

But if the user is not using the accounts for wrong purposes, then you should not report him/her because the user is not doing anything wrong.

My Other Account: http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt...

I use it rarely though...it's been a week since I logged into it.

I use that account to email Tara J.

She's pretty nice, but I still won't risk this account since I allow fans here.

I don't allow fans in that account.

EDIT: grrrr! Did you mean me?

lol

Because you already know about my other account!

*Best Wishes*

♪♣ Đǐvǐήέ Яάў ♣♪

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Answer 8

well i think grrr means me as the tc, but i just have a few cause i have multiple emails, and will sign on then go to answers without thinking about it, gomen nasiai, i try to just use this account now though, sorry.

but yeah, i think it is gainst the rules.... i think as long as ur honest about it shouldn't matter any. trools though should be deleted.

edit, oh ok, that's good then.

like i said, i try to stick to this one, but if i'm on the others talking to someone through email i'll use the accounts with the names heart shaped glasses or i;'m not me i'm really you.