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Claudio González
Claudio González
Legend
May 12, 2010
Question

Rounding a discussion that was locked...

  • May 12, 2010
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This thread

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/636563?tstart=0

was locked because, by innocently answering an innocent question from Bill Hunt, I started a discussion completely unrelated with the original topic, and this seems to have scared the original poster so much, that s/he hasn't dared to post any further message in any of these forums, for which I sincerely apologize.


As the objected discussion relates with a problem that may have affected or may affect other users, I think that I must at least complete the information that will answer the message from adobe-admin:


1. Thanks for letting me know that my avatars had been approved. I hadn't been around here since this morning, and I didn't expect them to be approved so soon, so I wasn't going to check until at least tomorrow.


2. As you can see, I did manage to change my avatar, and I seem to have recovered my main identity. At least, the number of posts and the original registration date look all right now; and even my points count seems correct.

3. I am not very familiar with the way those "phantom" accounts operate, but I would say that last night I got two of them, because the extra garbage that appeared  for some time after my name in my message #1 was definitely different fron the one appearing in my message #3 that is still there. Unfortunately, I don't remember if the rest of my data in #1 was correct while the vanished garbage was there.

4. Last night, after posting my message #4, I tried to solve the problem of my two identical pending photos, but when I entered in my profile, the options for changing my avatar or changing my data were simply not there, so I couldn't even look at them. I then moved from my Mac to my Win machine, where I found that there was just one uploaded photo (the second seems to have never made it, although it was the second that appeard doubled in my Mac). So I just uploaded the second once more, and both were shown correctly and Pending.


5. I then went back to my Mac, and to my profile. Curiously, the option to change my avatar still wasn't there. So I did the whole routine of logging out, moving to a non Adobe site, deleting cookies, ..., and fortunately all seems to be all right since then. What is best, my new gift of remaining logged even through computer shutdowns was not affected, for which I am extremely grateful.

I hope this detailed report may be of some help for your better understanding of the phantom accounts problem.

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    Claudio González
    Claudio GonzálezAuthor
    Legend
    May 13, 2010

    I have just noticed than in my initial report I forgot to provide what may be an important piece of information. The FAQ on phantom accounts here

    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/613050?tstart=0

    says

    Sometimes accounts will split themselves upon (automatic) logon.

    However, the first appearance of extra characters after my name, and which disappeared after a few minutes, occurred without any log (on or out) involved. It happened after a somewhat failed attempt to change my avatar (details already provided). And there were also no logs (on or out) before the second, permanent split.


    It would seem that I have become again an isolated case not worth investigating...

    the_wine_snob
    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    May 13, 2010

    Claudio,

    I think that it was all my fault. I should never have paid notice of the change in the avatar.

    I would anticipate that the OP followed your helpful link to the proper forum and got the answer needed there.

    Mea culpa, mea culpa

    Hunt

    PS - noticed the new avatar...

    Phillip M Jones
    Phillip M Jones
    Inspiring
    May 13, 2010

    Right professional looking Chap! I don't see why you were hiding be behind a Flag, though a Handsome one.

    Topic not as likely to be locked because it is on topic. What happened before was a break from the subject at hand.

    Phillip M Jones
    Phillip M Jones
    Inspiring
    May 14, 2010

    I think that Phillip actually meant "proudly displaying the Chilean flag," and just mis-typed.

    I have also noticed that I need to do a higher-rez version of my Profile image (just was lazy as heck and used the avatar image), and I call myself a "professional photographer?" Bad move Hunt.

    So, Claudio, if nothing else, you have helped me back onto the proper path, and not that of a lazy wino. Thank you. Change will come, upon my return from Hawai`i. Who knows, maybe my wife will do another, and better shot of her "lazy and wino husband."

    While the image is handsome, I have to admit that I miss the flag a bit. Guess that I had just grown accustomed to it.

    Good luck,

    Hunt


    Bill that's exactly what I meant. as I said no insult was intended.

    One thing that would help is if the Avatars we a bit larger.  I've had to sign up to Mactopia Forums because MS is going to kill there NNTP Servers (sad day) and the avatar size is larger by an addition 1/3 Vertically and Horzontally.  at leat you can see details

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