It's generally about this point that someone points out your lack of icon, implying that you haven't contributed financially to the upkeep of this messageboard.
They'd probably go on to discuss the fact that the coding and maintenance for all the boards is done for free by people who have day jobs and can only get around to working on the increasingly complicated architecture of b3ta when they have the time.

And they might even conclude with some reference to the old "this free facility is shit" viewpoint common all over the web.

But far be it from me to give such a snarky response.
( barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Thu 24 Jan 2013, 14:28, 1 reply)

Ha ha - I pay my way. This is not my only account....

...And good points one-and-all. But Shirley, how much does it cost, or time does it take to post a response telling us what's going on?
(Mr Twisty Cheeky The worst kept secret in B3ta..., Thu 24 Jan 2013, 14:33, closed)

From previous discussions over this issue, dealing with all these sorts of things takes a surprising amount of time.
If you consider the Bugs and whatnot thread, the Mail Us form, and the abundance of gaz that people get on the subject, actually responding to them all would be pretty time consuming. I'm not saying doing nothing about it is the right way to handle it, but that's how I understand the situation is with all the requests.

There was a fairly infamous thread a while back when someone inadvisedly suggested that cr3 needed to "man the fuck up and sort all this out", which brought a lot of this to light.

If search worked, I could probably find the thread for you...
( barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Thu 24 Jan 2013, 14:39, closed)

Another person who openly uses a second account.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 24 Jan 2013, 15:02, closed)

and yet we're not allowed
what's up with that eh Tangles?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 24 Jan 2013, 15:05, closed)

Discrimination, that's what.

Although you did use yours to upset people.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 24 Jan 2013, 15:21, closed)

I think the word you are looking for is 'entertain'
I did a plausible Dozer imitation. it's been done befor and probably since with not consequences, but Dozer is special and the mods like him so Colin Kwikfit had to die but he shall rise again.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 24 Jan 2013, 15:46, closed)