Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-26496120-20151209155442

Many people get confused between the two, so I decided to make a thread to get things right.There is a difference.

An alt is used for a reasonable reason. For example, forgetting your password, being blocked by a hacker, being hacked, or anything like these. Alts are NOT sockpuppets, meaning you can't block them just because a user has another account.

Take Thingofnothing and Thingofnothingmobile.

Thing forgot his password for Thingofnothing, so whenever he is on a different device that doesn't recognize him, he goes on his alt. That's reasonable.

Sockpuppets are a different matter. Sock puppets are used to evade blocks or bans. For example, say someone gets blocked. They make another account so they won't be blocked anymore. Once admins find out, they will block the sock puppet forever and increase your block on your normal account.

Abusing alts are very common. Say you get blocked or banned, then you log onto your alt to evade it. That turns your alt into a sock puppet. This means Metta, or known as YTW's alt, can be considered as a sock puppet because when YTW was banned, she used Metta to evade it. Same goes with using alts for no reason. It causes confusion, and this can result a block for every alt.

DO NOT USE ALTS FOR NO REASON OR PURPOSE. IT IS NOT FUNNY, IT IS NOT A JOKE. ALTS ARE MEANT TO BE FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Sockpuppets are never allowed, but I think you know that. 