Un-Verified Accounts: What do you think about them? How long should one have to verify it?

I cannot get my account verified. I don't think it should be inactive. If someone would verify me I would be happy. I have tried at least 5 times to get verified.

I believe SGT (Join to see) should get 1000 points for getting everyone to agree on something!!! Lol great topic SGT and I think 14 days is sufficient unless maybe your on training or something like that. Then boot em off

I second that opinion ma'am. They should have the ability to verify within 30 days or they are out.

There is something to be said for privacy to the user who does not want to be verified just to give them that option. But being verified Should also give us the option to prevent seeing or being seen by those who are Unverified. There should be limits on what they have access, it's kind of like those piss poor pay site things... where if you don't pay they are very limited on functionality... which is what makes the losers pay to get the access and functionality. We should take that model and make it instead of payment....verification. Limited access and visibility until they are verified. The second part of this is How to get verified. When I joined RP. I still had access to my Army.mil e-mail account and could verify that way. Since the JackA$$ Gov spending cuts forced the Army into dropping access to Retiree's, so there is no way to e-verify through my e-mail domain. I have my mil account single sign on access but I'm not sure RP has access to that.

I miss the relative anonymity of the early web years.

14 days is enough. Scan in your DD214 and in a day or so you are verified. I think even a scan of an Honorable Discharge will verify as well.

Thanks,

Rick

There should be more restrictions to their access of the site. I have seen a few post in certain topics and based on their grammar and responses some seem like they aren't even military, some maybe not even old enough to join yet. Either that or more and more people are joining that have no idea how to use even half decent grammar. I may not be perfect but come one, this is a forum style site, not a mass text message. U dnt need 2 type lk dis.

Read Only for unverified.

I agree with you all about no down votes etc and I would say after two months should be de-activated limited access for sure.

It's not that difficult to verify, why would it take so long for anyone to verify? I verified on sign-up. I think there should be a deadline to verify before the account is disabled.