Thread:SavageOpress1138/@comment-104549-20160305012836/@comment-20644-20160309205534

Just for the record, the change from "don't use multiple accounts" to "don't use multiple accounts deceptively" was intentional. There's no reason not to let people use multiple accounts so long as they're not doing so deceptively. That's why the Terms of Use, for example, don't forbid the use of multiple accounts.

Part of my policy simplification wasn't just to distill things down to their essence. They were also to change or remove certain heavy-handed rules that we had implemented in the past but really had no reason to exist. Take sockpuppets for example - is there a problem with sockpuppets? Are we seeing lots of sockpuppet issues? Does there need to be some sort of enforcement mechanism that says "no multiple accounts ever?"

I think the answer to all of those questions is "no." Policies need only reflect actual issues, and I'm not really seeing any sort of issue here that would justify needing to outright ban the use of multiple accounts. Especially when the "don't do it deceptively" policy has been in place for 2 and a half years and hasn't led to any uptick in deceptive multiple account use.