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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 3054622, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;ve suggested this before, and been shot down quite firmly, but I&#039;m compelled to point it out again: if moderators and administrators would allow themselves access to a <i>test account</i>, which could be configured with whatever privileges you want, you could easily <i>check</i> what regular users see. You could even carefully delete any posts made from that test account once you&#039;re done testing, to ensure that nobody gets confused by &quot;multiple identities&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that CoinTalk has a &quot;one person, one account&quot; rule, and that Doug and Peter interpret that to mean not even moderators or administrators may use a test account. As a result, <i>you can&#039;t even find out</i> what we regular users see, except by asking one of us to give you a second-hand report.</p><p><br /></p><p>I remain absolutely baffled that this is considered &quot;the right way to do things&quot;. In <i>every</i> multi-user system I&#039;ve <i>ever</i> worked on, going back to time-sharing systems from the 1970s, it&#039;s a fundamental assumption that administrators have the privilege <i>and responsibility</i> to keep track of how things work for regular users, including occasionally logging in with a regular-user-level account <b>for testing</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, as I&#039;ve also said before, I&#039;m happy and grateful for the privilege of participating here, even if I sometimes find Peter and Doug&#039;s decisions a bit odd. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> In the scheme of things, this is a minor objection, greatly outweighed by the positive. (Thanks again, guys!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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