Crazy Idea: Paid Alt Accounts

[Satan]

Allow an option to create a new MCM account (unlike free business accounts with the business tag) for a fee like $25 (supreme price upgrade).

Why would you want this?
Maybe you're about to post something that you don't want to point back to your main account and have people negative gang rep you.

This would give new people a way to hide their sketchy behavior!
Let's be honest. New people have it hard here on MCM to get shit started because they don't understand the (ironically) absurd professionalism that goes into making detailed thread posts and culture of MCM here. I know for a fact that not all new users are alts of scammers and that not all new users are 12 year olds starting out. They receive alot of toxicity from their first few posts because they didn't read the rules or something and a flame war happens THEN negative reputation gets slapped on them.

Give them a break. If a new user wants to risk being traced to their original account through this paid alt account option, thats on them.

But this is just a pay to alt to scam system!
Um... no... Any banned users will stay banned so their paid alts will ultimately just be money donated to MCM and banned without question.

Aka if a banned user creates an alt successfully and pays for 3 other alts. all of these alts are linked to the main new alt they made... Free money for MCM basically *cough* Mick.

 

[Zeiyon]

lol
This is just a bad idea all around.

 

[Pablo]

no lol

 

[Ted]

Alternate Account's aren't allowed

 

[Satan]

Alternate Account's aren't allowed

Yet business accounts are. Though they are marked with "Business Account" tags. My point here is to renovate the rule -_-, suggestion.

 

[Cade]

Alternate Account's aren't allowed

Umm... Did you not read the thread?

 

[Satan]

Or if you don’t want a negative outcome, don’t say what you were gonna say. Also, easy way to get exit scammed.

The "Exit scam" argument is as universal as saying "any new user could exit scam you". Exit scamming won't be fixed in this case, nor do I realistically think it would dramatically let users exit scam any easier.

 

[MTG]

I hope this is a joke.

 

[Sparko]

Interesting suggestion but this would complicate things such as: people repping themselves, repping others using all their accounts, and pretending to be someone else in order to deal with a user that doesn't want to deal with them (on their main account).

 

[Satan]

I hope this is a joke.

Pretty sure making joke suggestions/meme threads are against rules or just annoy moderators [DOUBLEPOST=1538528179][/DOUBLEPOST]

people repping themselves

Ah.. interesting. Well I mean I did just craft this idea (see what I did there with that pun?) in like a minute or so. It's got some hidden flaws that would obviously need to be regulated and managed. Anyhow this is just a suggestion to address an issue and monetize for Mick to pay staff and other things to manage MCM properly.

 

[Satan]

Yeah, because it's a business account. It's not an entirely new account as it's connected to your main. One account is for posting things unrelated to your business account, whereas your business account is for the sole intent and purpose for your business.

I understand this. I'm just making a point to a user who peeped up and said "alt accounts aren't allowed". I countered that with the business account point.

 

[Ted]

I understand this. I'm just making a point to a user who peeped up and said "alt accounts aren't allowed". I countered that with the business account point.

Woah woah woah.. First off. You're right. I didn't read it.
But lets be honest. Unless there is a plugin for the website that has already been made, or it's already a feature. There is the highest chance that it won't happen.
Just saying..

 

[Kram]

I feel like this feature even being there will just promote the breaking of rules on those alternate accounts. While you could easily say we could just warn them on both accounts, there is still this sense of evading the rules some users might get, and while we could still warn them, it's better to avoid it all together.
There also might be some confusion with new users as they might not know they have to pay for the alts and will start creating their own thinking that it was allowed.
Threads that do end up in flame wars or discussion that might warrant a negative reputation are generally something like exposing threads or calling someone out, and those threads generally get removed anyway. If a negative reputation is received through a normal thread, it's generally because of replies that aren't very kind or can be seen as toxic. And if that wasn't the case and the user truly did nothing wrong, they could just report it and a reputation dispute would solve the issue. People would essentially try to use this alt account as an opportunity to be toxic.
Let's say that their paid alt is found out and they are posting things they wouldn't on their main. account, I feel like arguments can be started over that with people arguing about why they bought it and just becomes a mess.
The money generated through this idea could just as easily be lost through the mess or damage it may leave.

 

[Satan]

I feel like this feature even being there will just promote the breaking of rules on those alternate accounts. While you could easily say we could just warn them on both accounts, there is still this sense of evading the rules some users might get, and while we could still warn them, it's better to avoid it all together.
There also might be some confusion with new users as they might not know they have to pay for the alts and will start creating their own thinking that it was allowed.
Threads that do end up in flame wars or discussion that might warrant a negative reputation are generally something like exposing threads or calling someone out, and those threads generally get removed anyway. If a negative reputation is received through a normal thread, it's generally because of replies that aren't very kind or can be seen as toxic. And if that wasn't the case and the user truly did nothing wrong, they could just report it and a reputation dispute would solve the issue. People would essentially try to use this alt account as an opportunity to be toxic.
Let's say that their paid alt is found out and they are posting things they wouldn't on their main. account, I feel like arguments can be started over that with people arguing about why they bought it and just becomes a mess.
The money generated through this idea could just as easily be lost through the mess or damage it may leave.

Fair points. Fair points. Ty for the well written rebuttal to the idea I proposed, unlike everyone who thought this was just a joke or something lol. Love ya Kram

 

[Lotus]

Yet business accounts are. Though they are marked with "Business Account" tags. My point here is to renovate the rule -_-, suggestion.

Not comparable. Business accounts are heavily regulated :

The following rules apply to the use of business accounts.
2.1 Do not post content unrelated to the business that the account represents and it’s clients.
2.1.1 Do not post content containing personal opinions while using a business account.
2.2 Do not post content where the user posting on behalf of the business is not made clear.
2.3 Do not abuse your business account.
2.3.1 Do not react to or respond to content created by any personal accounts associated with the business account.

You’re essentially asking for accounts which aren’t harshly regulated like this. If you have an alternate account, that encourages toxicity as the alternate account is more ‘disposable’. There’s no point in this as it creates more confusion and false personalities.

 

[Nemo]

If you did something to get a bad rep that's on you, you shouldn't be able to pay to give you a fresh start because the point of rep is to decide if your trustworthy. If you are a bad seller and get a new account so people can buy off you.