Posted on Jan 1, 2014
Capt Current Operations Officer (S 3)
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It seems as there are a lot of users who are not verified commenting on Questions/Discussions. Most of them are fine but it seems that some users create an account just to antagonize others. I personally think that only verified users should have access to this section, to prevent spam and users who may not be military posting.

What do you think? Should this be a verified users only section? How long does it really take to verify your account?
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SSgt Forensic Meteorological Consultant
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I think the idea that non- verified people could come on here and pretend to be veterans is unnerving.  Another problem is that they can instigate  disruptiveness and cohesiveness which is pretty good right now.
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SGT James P. Davidson, MSM
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If it's just a question (versus questioning previous activity), I would say 'no'. Let them be verified first. If not, we don't have an 'exclusive' site, and might as well carry on in Facebook.
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MSgt Section Chief, Mission Defense Team
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I agree, but for another reason in addition to what you said.
When RallyPoint links a discussion on Facebook, there's usually an extension of the discussion undertaken by the Facebook followers of RP; the attitudes are night and day.

When a member verifies to RallyPoint and posts a discussion or response here, they're attributed to their service, rank, and unit.  I think that's part of the reason everyone on here is so professional in the way they discuss the issues.
On the Facebook side, you simply have the dregs of the internet; people act like they're invincible, that their service values don't apply there.
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SSG Richard Stevens
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i think Non-Verified users should not particpate
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Capt Current Operations Officer (S 3)
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but you are not verified. would you be upset if you could not participate? do you think non-verified members would be motivated to get verifed?
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SGT Tyler H.
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Verification = Accountability.
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