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

j_andrews

Just do what I've done for years.

 

Get an address at a UPS Store under a fake name, a location with a real physical address,  and use Burner phones by the carton.  Screw the Man trying to track me 😉. 

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@mahgister 

"I am an audiophile spy from China and i already have many identitities..."

 

I KNEW IT !!

not a big deal, just letting you know that I knew...

@carlsbad2 

 

"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????

@jasonbourne71 

"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.