- defnop552
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- Exalted Mythic Member
The main problem I believe is the ease of account making. Because you can create lots of alt accounts fairly easily, lots of users don't get directly attached to an account, so they use them as junk accounts (spamming, rule breaking, name calling, taking my mother out for dates and not calling her back!).
Currently there's very little difference between an account created right this second and an account that's 7 years old, asides from a different title, color and the ability to create groups. There is very little reason for a user to keep on one account other than handiness and etiquette.
Credit-card authorization is an idea that I have thrown out before but because this site is for anyone over 13, this would alienate the 13-18(or 20 depending on the country/state) age bracket, the primary age of the gaming market. Unless the parents input their credit card details? Not many parents would leave their kids with their credit card details on the internet though.
A thought just occurred to me. My account has been paired with a mobile device for the bungie app. Why not have mobile pairing a requirement to make an account? Most people have a mobile phone and few people have multiple phones so this could be a possible idea reduce the number of alt accounts and, in-turn, spam. The people without phones- Yes, they exist- might have a little bother creating an account though.