How Can Andy Best Stop Multi-Accounting?
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How Can Andy Best Stop Multi-Accounting? Hello A: On a debate site, WHAT you say is germane. WHO you are is not. Consequently, user accounts should be eliminated. Why do we have to sign in anyway, and who cares who we are?? If you need to express your "feelings", Facebook is a good place for you. Will the hate go away?? Maybe.. Hating anonymous people doesn't sound like much fun.. anon Side: This
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The whole site is a mess. It's still not using SSL, not mobile friendly, massive layout issues (not least of all the massive white space you get the top of debate pages). In general I think the format here is great. That's why I've stayed for so long. That said, I agree mostly with what you're saying. There are a lot of issues which need to be resolved. You really think there is the technical knowhow to prevent this multiple accounts? Absolutely brother. Every visitor leaves a unique ID if you know how to find it. And I'm not even talking about IP. A good tech could sort this multi-accounting business out in an hour, via any of multiple options. He could insert identification cookies through the browser, meaning your computer rather than your username gets banned. He could even simply set up a system which verifies emails, given that spoofing emails is getting harder through the main providers like Google and Yahoo. Plenty of options, but Andy would probably have to spend more money and I think he's getting sick of doing that already. Side: That
Atrag, the reason for the white space is that i tried to use a different version of adsense to see if my conversions would pick up. Unfortunately, they remain low. A good month 8-10 years ago was $300 (which almost covered costs). Now a good month is $30. why would I invest any more money into the site when over the course of the 10 years I have spent just shy of $100,000 on it. I could certainly turn parts of it into a pay model, but that wouldn't run off the people making it ugly. If people want change (mobile, fixes for the white space, they are either going to have to spend some time clicking links or pony up some crowdfunding). Side: This
If Google Adsense saw you telling people to click ads you would have your account cancelled. The white space is nothing to do with the ads. The div with a class of shareaholic-canvas has property clear: both. Remove that at replace it with a margin-top. The whole layout is a mess but that will fix that at least. As for the SSL certificate... it's completely free. Just takes a little effort and not having one is hugely damaging to SEO. Honestly, what have you spent all that money on? Why didn't you just skill up and do it yourself? Side: This
I truly love the format of this site, it's cleaner than nearly every other debate site out there so it's actually sad to see it going down hill so fast. I agree with Atrim in that there should be some call for moderators. People who can clean up or remove known multiple accounts. Side: That
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