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[Ecneps]

I have a hard enough time keeping up with one name   

Barbara

[JAP]

Me too, Barbara!  But I guess the way I've twigged some of the duplicate posters is because they can't keep up with more than one name 

JAP

[Ecneps]

Can't see the point 

[MarieC]

Me neither!  Some kind of game playing and attention seeking, I suspect!

MarieC

[JAP]

Yeah - I'm sure there are plenty of mischievous (or even malevolent!) reasons   

But I should say that I did once hear a plausible explanation from somebody; one username was for correspondence about the person's forebears and the other for correspondence about the person's partner's forebears - that way they could easily be filed appropriately.

JAP

[MarieC]

Well, that reason makes sense, JAP!  But it'd still be interesting to know how many there are.  What I find difficult is when they try to conceal their identity - if they are upfront about having two usernames, I don't have a problem!

MarieC

[Ecneps]

Can't see the point

I now don't have a problem with any of this, as I've just remembered I know of one rootschatter who had to register twice for technical reasons, and so one name remains unused...

Barbara

[Berlin-Bob]

I know of several cases with the following reasons:

1) password (or user name) forgotten - it was so long ago that they last logged in - and instead of asking for a reminder, they just re-registered.

2) problems with logging in.  Whether cookies or some other problem, they re-register with a new name.  (Some times they had to re-register, just to be able to discuss the problem.)

if they are upfront about having two usernames, I don't have a problem!

In the first case, they may or may not mention it sometime, in the second case, they  are mostly open and upfront  about it

Bob

[KathMc]

I've done it on other boards (but not this one) solely because I forgot my username and/or password, so I just re-signup.

Kath