a poster brought something up. if son wanted to be member of du, how can we do it

[seabeyond]

with two members in one household with different names? i have never tried to create another name. but i am assuming that only one membership is allowed per what?.... server? i know nothing about computers. not real interested either.

[Call Me Wesley]

1. Sign him up

and send a PM to a mod and let them know. :hi:

[seabeyond]

2. thanks. i know there are some on du that lives in same household.

your suggestion is about the obvious, lol. appreciate.

[Call Me Wesley]

3. Heidi and me, for example.

Just let them know so there will be no confusion. :hi:

[seabeyond]

4. ah ha. great to know. thanks. nt

[Orsino]

5. Couldn't hurt to let the mods know in advance...

...and install a different browser for each username (for easy automated login), but I doubt that the mods would care that multiple users regularly post from the same IP address.

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. We have 4 accounts here, one for each member of the family. The tykes

only log in and participate in the photo polls, though. (Actually, ditto for the hubby.)

[rcrush]

7. Can I get an account for Dollhead?

[seabeyond]

8. i will give you same advice people gave me. talk to the mods... just sayin. nt

[LeftyMom]

9. They don't ban for two accounts from one IP or whatever.

My experience is that even on websites that keep track of that automatically, mods will PM or email for clarification before assuming two accounts on the same network or computer are duplicates.

I've used my account on at least two other DUers home networks, no problem. Likewise, I think at least one has checked their service on my laptop, and I've used somebody else's entirely.

[seabeyond]

10. thanks.

as you can tell, i have very little knowledge about this stuff. excellent. appreciate

[hippywife]

11. Hubs and I are both Duers

but we never mentioned it to anyone that there were two accounts in one household. That was a long time ago, maybe they weren't checking for that kind of thing back then? :shrug:

[Jamastiene]

12. From the rules:

"Members are not permitted to have more than one account on Democratic Underground."

and

"If you have been banned from Democratic Underground, you are not permitted to log on again using a different username. Previously banned members will be immediately banned, regardless of behavior."

<snip>

http://www.democraticunderground.com/forums/rules_detailed.html

In other words, your son can create an account. That would be fine, but don't create a second account for yourself. I think there are several posters who have family members with their own accounts who post here.