# למה חשבונות חלופיים בדרך כלל אינם מותרים?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-alt-accounts-generally-not-allowed/170286>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [16 בנובמבר,‏ 2020,‏ 5:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-alt-accounts-generally-not-allowed/170286 "2020-11-16T17:27:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [1 בדצמבר,‏ 2020,‏ 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-alt-accounts-generally-not-allowed/170286/6 "2020-12-01T13:52:20Z")

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> [@ArcticTheHunter](#):
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> the forum has 5-7-year-old accounts that have not been suspended

I don’t understand what this has to do with anything. If the reason is “Sock Puppet”, you’re right it is because they believe you have at least one other account (same user - several accounts). The age of the accounts (used or unused since a long time) has nothing to do with this (unless you meant some old accounts were alt accounts from some people).

> [@ArcticTheHunter](#):
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> used a VPN

Yes, you may be right. It is totally possible you show up with the same IP as someone else, especially if you use a quite popular service (the same thing may happen to people logging at work from a big company, for example. It seems to happen often in certain communities attracting several people from some big companies during work).

Now, I don’t think the admin/moderators should ban solely because of an IP match, but maybe they do ☹ You should definitely see this with them in this case. Not much else to do. (Note: It shouldn’t be something automatic. This has been done manually by someone)

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