How many Posting IDs are you allowed to have on The Community?

[mr_lincoln]

I'm curious if there is a limit to the number of Posting IDs one can have here on The Community?

[this*old*attic]

I don’t think there’s a limit - as many as user IDs.

Hard to keep straight, though. I used to have 2 IDs because I had 2 demographics I was marketing to. I didn’t even mean to post with the second, but I kept forgetting to switch.

[mr_lincoln]

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@this*old*attic wrote:

I don’t think there’s a limit - as many as user IDs.

Hard to keep straight, though. I used to have 2 IDs because I had 2 demographics I was marketing to. I didn’t even mean to post with the second, but I kept forgetting to switch.

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Thanks ... that makes sense ... I think though for eBay User IDs there is a limit to 8 per PayPal account from a selling standpoint (maybe Buying too, I don't know).

[phuon-6145]

I'm also curious to know like you. Thanks to the questioner and the person who answered this question.

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

AFAIK there are no rules about posting with multiple ids as long as they do not interact. Like for instance if a poster is getting negative comments, they use a different id to make fake support posts. Another situation I've seen is that a poster uses multiple ids to attack another poster.

[mr_lincoln]

@the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth   My sincere thanks for that information ...

[joesoucie22012]

It depends on how many personalities you have. 

[fern*wood]

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@the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth wrote:

AFAIK there are no rules about posting with multiple ids as long as they do not interact. Like for instance if a poster is getting negative comments, they use a different id to make fake support posts. Another situation I've seen is that a poster uses multiple ids to attack another poster.

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...or give themselves kudos.

[pburn]

Rule #7 of the community guidelines prohibits "using multiple accounts to give yourself or others multiple helpfuls," but I don't see any other written restrictions beyond that. I don't see any written guidelines about making fake support posts or using multiple ids to attack another poster. (Please note I do not advocate either of those!) The attacks on other posters could fall under the "be respectful" rule, but I'm not sure the fake support posts would be removed.

I see one particular poster with two ids that interact with each other all the time. It's kinda cute and creepy at one and the same time.

[fern*wood]

The two different IDs I have posted with don't even agree with each other.

[myjunqueyourtreasure]

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@the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth wrote:

AFAIK there are no rules about posting with multiple ids as long as they do not interact. Like for instance if a poster is getting negative comments, they use a different id to make fake support posts. Another situation I've seen is that a poster uses multiple ids to attack another poster.

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What dog said. You also can't use one ID to support another in an argument (for want of a better word) on a thread, or to give helpfuls to your own IDs.

[dasarock]

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@joesoucie22012 wrote:

It depends on how many personalities you have. 

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sometimes i think i have several personalities, seller buyer me myself and i's, as well as mine and maybe others..... can each of 'them' have multiple posting id's?  since i only use my main?

[pburn]

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@myjunqueyourtreasure wrote:

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What dog said. You also can't use one ID to support another in an argument (for want of a better word) on a thread, or to give helpfuls to your own IDs.

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Is that written somewhere in the community guidelines, or is it "board knowledge" acquired from experience? Not YOU doing it, of course, but maybe observing others?

I know the giving helpfuls part is in the rules, but I couldn't find anything about posting supporting comments. 

[tamaralea]

If there is a rule, is anyone monitoring it?  

[kataggr-44]

I  just ended up with 2 because I forgot my first password and had to sign up again.