Has anyone ever considered adding an is-an-alt-account flag to accounts, and requiring alts to be declared? When an alt account was declared, it could either be—at the creator’s option—blocked from voting altogether, or confidentially linked to the person’s main account such that double-voting could easily be identified.
I’m wondering if this could help address the multiple-account voting situations. After a transition period in which every active account would be required to declare alt/non-alt status, using two non-alt accounts itself would establish a violation of Forum norms. (Organization accounts probably shouldn’t be voting because the wielder of the account probably has a personal account, so they should count as alts.)
Has anyone ever considered adding an is-an-alt-account flag to accounts, and requiring alts to be declared? When an alt account was declared, it could either be—at the creator’s option—blocked from voting altogether, or confidentially linked to the person’s main account such that double-voting could easily be identified.
I’m wondering if this could help address the multiple-account voting situations. After a transition period in which every active account would be required to declare alt/non-alt status, using two non-alt accounts itself would establish a violation of Forum norms. (Organization accounts probably shouldn’t be voting because the wielder of the account probably has a personal account, so they should count as alts.)
We’ve discussed something like this, I’m generally in favor, subject to opportunity cost.