"Link accounts"?

[winstein]

So I am guessing that the Halloween is about a few days long, when it's technically lasts a day? The funny thing is the the link account thing is not to be used exclusively. I used to think that you can link your account with your friend as a trust relationship, but I digress.

 

[Mijzelffan]

To participate in the Halloween event, all sock accounts must be linked. No exceptions.

Why? What's the point in having a sockpuppet during Halloween if about 20 people know who you are anyway?

 

[Falconwing]

Why? What's the point in having a sockpuppet during Halloween if about 20 people know who you are anyway?

Except they won't.

Hmm... last Halloween would have gone differently if I had actually learned how to link accounts then.

 

[evkl]

Linking isn't visible to the world. It's a backend thing.

 

[Enzap]

Linking isn't visible to the world. It's a backend thing.

I thought someone said that the staff will know if someone has a linked acount. Or do they just know they have one but not what account it's linked to?

 

[Our Wasted Years]

I thought someone said that the staff will know if someone has a linked acount. Or do they just know they have one but not what account it's linked to?

We know all the info about you and your sock account. If we didn't it wouldn't make any sense.

 

[Mijzelffan]

Except they won't.

Linking isn't visible to the world. It's a backend thing.

So moderators aren't able to see which account are linked to which?

 

[GrnMarvl14]

So moderators aren't able to see which account are linked to which?

We can see. But you're going to have two types of mods, when it comes to Halloween: Those who care, and won't be looking because it ruins the fun, and those who don't care, and to whom it doesn't matter.

 

[Mijzelffan]

We can see. But you're going to have two types of mods, when it comes to Halloween: Those who care, and won't be looking because it ruins the fun, and those who don't care, and to whom it doesn't matter.

And $aturn¥oshi (who revealed my sock to everyone last year). But I guess nothing can be done against it.


Still I'd like to know why exactly the account have to be linked. I'm not complaining about it, just wondering

 

[Rakarei]

So wait, there's a halloween party thing where we all get to have different accounts and try to guess who every one is? Sounds awesome.

And what does linking accounts do? I get it lets you edit one account while using another one, but is that it?

 

[Our Wasted Years]

So wait, there's a halloween party thing where we all get to have different accounts and try to guess who every one is? Sounds awesome.

And what does linking accounts do? I get it lets you edit one account while using another one, but is that it?

You get an arrow next to your username as you see in the picture, there is the account name and if you click it you will automatically be signed into that account and you can switch back and forth.

 

[$aturn¥oshi]

And $aturn¥oshi (who revealed my sock to everyone last year). But I guess nothing can be done against it.


Still I'd like to know why exactly the account have to be linked. I'm not complaining about it, just wondering

So we can tell who the Halloween participants are from the non-participants. And that way, sockpuppet accounts will not be banned for being illegal.