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WebHostingTalk strange administration
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How do you know you were at fault? From what I understand it was not an IP match but the email address matched the other account. How would your email end up with an unknown account?
When I registered my "current" account 'mpkossen' I used an e-mail address that was used in my "old" account. Apparently, the e-mail address on the old account changed at some time, which I was unaware of, which is why I could register 'mpkossen' with the e-mail address used for the "old" account.
This is several years ago, so I honestly don't remember all the ins and outs. I still think it's weird this "suddenly" popped up.
Not all that weird. Maybe they're looking to prune their user list of duplicates and deadwood.
Once every 3-4 years? That'd be sloppy for a place with a one-account-only policy. We notice dual accounts faster than that.
So is the other account your old one or not? If so why are you surprised and if not how would it get associated with an unrelated third party account?
What exactly do you mean? How does an email address "change"?
I have an account there since 2006. Since i work for uncle I never visited there, they might consider it something wrong, dunno, maybe I am even banned
This! Every post seems to consist of a provider not even paying attention to the original post and posting something completely off topic or of no help or no value just to have their signature there.
This is a pain I admit, however it's happening here too.
LET wouldn't be LET without trolling. That's big reason I like it here more. Also WHT is too big, not much "community".
Not really. Only 6x times more than LET.
6x is a lot.
Not to mention the amount of fake user accounts that probably comprise the total member count of LET
Total user accounts is a relatively worthless metric, anyways. Total posts is the one you want to look at. WHT has 8,492,446 posts in 1,296,788 threads. I have no idea about LET (though if URL queries mean anything, I guess this is post 779,605 in thread 36,821?).
Comparing the two is kinda silly though since this is a niche website versus WHT's total market.
I've been in the Internet industry for over 20 years and an account at WebHostingTalk for practically since it began. I too have apparently been banned at WebHostingTalk after bear decided to needlessly hand me an infraction as a result of his incompetence. When I sent an email to WHT support to discuss the silliness, they basically were playing games with me that nobody said the ban was permanent, etc. which I took was their childish desire for me to beg for forgiveness for their own problems. I decided to no longer spend money there and recommend to clients and those who follow me (I'm a visible person in the industry) not to bother with WebHostingTalk.
To top it off the WHT admins appear not to have taken my recommendation on fixing some of their settings for their software which I'm quite sure are misconfigured. Instead they told me some other story which seems to contradict the documentation I've found. I wouldn't rely on all the metrics there, which also includes numerous thousands of ads threads.
While I could contact people above their admin levels about the pitiful kindergarden environment, I decided that WebHostingTalk isn't worth it. It's a great example of people who have the ability to waste everyone's time and tarnish their own reputation. There are plenty of other options these days, such as this one.
Wow, mate this is a 3 year necro. Seriously?
/me goes down the hill: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/webhostingtalk.com
I added to the repository of information, no more no less. Try not to let the date issue throw you too out of whack. For a moment I didn't realize you had replied and only saw your signature.
@slinky You are new to LET. We all don't like necroing threads. Next time, instead of that, open a new thread and, if necessary, include a reference to the archived discussion.
....apparently doesn't understand that necro'ing threads is generally frowned upon on every forum.
Apparently you prefer to be snide and parrot what you hear about protocol. Directing a response to a person in an old conversation is usually the crux of the matter. An individual poster may have left, will not respond. Adding current information generally is a different matter, such as a confirmation the practice is still ongoing.
I can see we're piling on. I'll send in a request to lock this thread for you guys and move onwards. I can see it has caused quite a problem for some of you. Have a good day.
@slinky Welcome to LET. You're not going to make any friends here by insulting long term members. We're rate R here and take no shit. Change your attitude or find your way out.
Well, that escalated quickly.
Not a problem, although please keep an eye on old threads - It's often better to make a new thread if it's this old.
Thread closed on request.