@somegirl:

Having the ability to freeze ten accounts in the time it takes a person to register one new e-mail address comes in handy. =P

*pokes you for being silly*

Having 40 e-mails strangly comes in handy-
Just kidding ;)

Thank goodness.. lol

That's a good idea. I had actually thought you needed to enter an email address all along. I signed up on theOtaku a few years ago.. so I don't remember the sign-up process back then.

Well, I'm sure that this will be a very good thing for the site.. =D

Yeeeeeah, we needed an email when we joined but it was never required? Kay then. It's a good thing it exists now.

I think that's a great idea. It seems like fake accounts are being made on almost every site nowadays. I don't know why this outbreak started, but it's putting a lot of strain on the people who run those sites. I love how this feature can annoy those people who want to make fake accounts.

~Chibi ♥

I know we have verification for OtakuBoards, but I don't remember if you did when I first signed up three years ago. lol But yeah, you definitely need to crack down on that kind of thing... It's just silly that people create junk accounts. I can see one or two, especially before VV was launched, but otherwise, there just isn't a reason really.

~Crystia

I gave my e-mail account when I joined, it was required wasn't it??
I didn't know you took that requirement away ^^

... I thought we were supposed to have an E-mail address back in the days... at least that's what I remember when I joined MyO.

Well, good luck on the fake accounts. ^^ kill the clones, eh? :D

I totally forgot that i didn't need email conformation when i joined....This is a good idea though

This reminds me to go and find my "practice myOtaku" site. It wasn't a dummy account in the traditional sense, but I used it for the sole purpose of practicing my HTML and graphics. I didn't want to mess-up my actual myOtaku site again (I did that once before), so I made that account for practice only (comments were not on; neither was the gb). I'll have to go and find it and delete it since I rarely use my myOtaku site anymore. (Hmm. Maybe I already deleted it. In either case, thanks for reminding me!)

(Found it and deleted it! Good riddance to it and its clumsy graphics and HTML.)

I think thats agreat Idea.Theotaku doesnt need people who dont really appreciate it.They are just a waste of time!!

Yes, this is great! i remember mentioning something like this in that email! >_< Okies, good idea, bossman! XD
~Yosei

Good idea. ^_^ I remember being surprised that it didn't do a verification process when I signed up. I had just signed up for OtakuBoards and it did require e-mail verification.

Anyway, after seeing some of the dummy accounts that people have done just to get popular... it's good to see a feature like this being implemented to help cut down on that kind of silly nonsense. ^_^

-Sabrina

Is there a way to change your email in the database? I joined three years ago and I've changed it since then. So if I forget my password or something, I can't recover it, etc.

I'm rather satisfied with this new requirement. It's not uncommon for sites to require at least a valid email address, so I'm glad this is now required for TheO. Hopefully those pesky dummy accounts will disappear.

Thanks!

Oh I thought it was already there..

Hahaha. xD

What about the people who joined years ago? How do they confirm our e-mails to the site? Plus, the section to edit and add info for our myotaku accounts is gone.

yeah, this will be a good thing. plus, it means a better way to stay in contact with each other. i mean, dont friends have each others emails? of coarse, it will be optional whether the otaku will want to share email, btu yeah, u know what i mean

I always wondered why you didnt have it up before

Let's hope this proves a sufficient deterant.

Good thinking! :D PErfect idea to make sure there won't be any dummy accounts like the whole....scandal two mothns or three back....

i joined just in time. lol. nah, seriously, its a good idea. its a great way of making people 100% sure they want to join rather than joining it for a day n then not bothering.

About damn time, agreed.

oh well thats a good idea. I forgot you guys didnt do that haha. well good thinking! its about time =]