"my big mistake was linking them with the same email"
i know that feel bro.
when i first put my email in i found all my accounts jailed like a day later lol..
this was a while ago, was arguing with bad gm that's gone now.
but it feels like a massive piss take when you try to help them and they use it against you >.<
my policy these days is to never give anyone (including legit companies) any personal information unless you absolutally have to.
i do trust the current staff, but trust only goes as far as human falibility
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so protect yourself online and dont trust anyone completely. dont give anyone anything they dont need
people have used it for account recovery, but that's only benefit i know of.
it just links all your accounts together with the forum account.
ultimately they can link them by ip anyway if it's something serious.