I haven't been asked to do that yet, but one reason might be to prevent serial troublemakers from rejoining under a different name after being banned.
Why is Audiogon insisting on a verified physical address in order to post?
Quick question
I just had to enter a verified address into my profile in order to continue posting here.
Does anyone know why that took place? I don't really love posting my physical address on user groups like this.
Did anyone else have to do this?
Thanks
JS
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I've been a member long enough to forget that I provided my complete address and phone number. Common practice for some sites. No biggie. All I did was to go back to make sure the info was correct, click "update" and Bob's your uncle. For those paranoid about the gubermant prying into your private affairs, get real. Your private info has already been bought and traded by many companies and corporations already. I'm old enough to remember when sharing your private info required you signing a release (it was illegal to do so) and decades ago they reversed that, making you sign a document saying not to. Most companies never inform their clients and customers of data breaches save for the ones who truly care about their well being. Been that way, again, for decades. What A'gon is doing is their best to keep the malcontents with bad intentions out. Nothing more. Trolls and scammers need to work in the shadows, avoiding sunshine and providing your address can be verified, defeating their desires, or at least make it harder for them. All the best, | ||||||
@larryi best to ask Audiogon that but my assumption is this site exists primarily to provide users the service of buying and selling things. You have to have to provide a valid address for that in order to avoid fraudulent or incorrect addresses that would cause issues completing transactions smoothly. The forum is just an adjunct service. If this were just a forum and no financial transactions involving shipping addresses were involved there would be no need to provide a valid address. Furthermore the forums could be used to facilitate address fraud which is a real thing. Just look it up. You can’t join Audiogon just for the forum as far as I know. So you must provide an address and the address needs to be verified. Hope that helps. | ||||||
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It took me 4 days to figure out "how" to verify a phone # and start posting again. I have 2 land lines that the system would not accept, but finally tried a $20 burner phone (carry it for emergency calls) and it worked. I was unable to contact A’Gon support through the system during this time, but did leave a message via the "report post" feature. I don’t have a problem listing a burner phone that’s rarely used/powered up, but might feel differently if I had a real cell phone full of confidential data. Not a computer person.
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@dekay : I have been trying to get back on here for several days. I contacted support a few times. No response. So I went back to the verification page and added my street address. Well that worked! Five minutes ago I added that cynical post above and it worked! Now let's see if I can add another post. | ||||||
Oh boy! Jason Bourne strikes again
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We assume that you are trying to reduce the automated posts that appear within threads and that the fix has resulted in temporary website instability, but it might be good to pat your collective selves on the back and announce to all members that you are in the process of trying to secure the forums and that temporary inconveniences might ensue. | ||||||
@dekay What is a land line exactly? 🤣 | ||||||
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"I verified things the morning it was first required. I assumed it was to fight bots. I was surprised to not see a thread about it. I guess the people who wanted to start a thread were the ones having a problem getting on." Maybe they were X'd to keep the word from getting out so that no one would know???? | ||||||
"Posting on Audiogon - more fun than a barrel of monkeys!" Reminds me of Audio Asylum. I was on there quite a bit in the past, can't remember what my user name was. As I remember it seemed pretty high-speed back then. I checked there a couple days ago and it seemed very stale, two word answers and little followup, at least in the spots I checked. Anybody here still using Audio Asylum? I loved Vinyl Asylum in the past. | ||||||
@uncledemp ....yeah, I got 'dosed' myself with The Viral Virus, AG variant.... "Sh*....The Empire Stuck Back (not that I didn't deserve it...kindamaybe...) ...got 'noid for awhile, thought Someone got their back on moi' (...muthaF'r..."I'm just a ragged jagged funky smurf...what pheasant compani...." "We all need....somefun....to scheme on....." *Stop the bad Stones' depression, J* 'K C'ya...all good now. I'll blame the AI....it's trendy of late. ;) | ||||||
They get irritable if they have to train themselves.... Something else to fear.... "DUCK!" *too late...* Oh, and 'they' can't recognize each other, either....wonderful.... ...and we thought the 'k' man was....well, what he wuz.... *L'ing, just because....* | ||||||
@tonydennison I thought about that but the bot tenders are going to find out about it as soon as they try to sign up so hiding it doesn't seem necessary. Jerry | ||||||
@tonydennison, I check Audio Asylum every day to see if there’s anything new in the planar threads. New posts there are scant. MUG seems to have kicked the bucket a long time ago. It used to be pretty lively there in olden times. | ||||||
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@nonoise Agree that most everything one does on the web if possible is monetized. The forum side of Agon infromes and supports the buy/sell side and thus the need for those required fill in the blanks. “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.” Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx | ||||||
@wsrrsw My favorite Groucho Marx quote. 😀 I received two other notices of someone "mentioning" me only to discover deleted posts. Is this the audio equivalent of a drive-by? How brave and mature. I remember a certain someone who's been repeatedly banned doing that as a matter of course from getting his posts taken down by the mods, which of course, led to his getting banned all over again. History can repeat itself as well as rhyme. 👍 All the best, | ||||||
falconquest:
A land line is a telephone hard connected to the network via bell wire (the way it all started). We also have a "modern" portable battery powered phone hooked up to the main line for use on the patio. The computer is connected to our other (2ND) land line as I feel that it is more secure than WiFi.
DeKay
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