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Apparently, the Consumerist has already done a little piece on this. It sounds as if Amazon did a mass banning of pretty much everyone at one particular forum .... makes me hope they don't decide to ban all MR members for no reason other than they are MR members.
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Just how would they know who is who? Unless one is really dumb, one would not use the same username with Amazon (or any site that you do "real business" with) and a forum. I use the same username and avatar on a number of forums but for everything else I use different usernames, passwords, avatars, etc. Not just different from the forums but different from each other. I have a seldom used but still accessible Gmail account for forums and other casual things and my regular email for "real business" like Amazon.
This is a minor hassle but is just good privacy and security policy, if nothing else. Given the number of scammers and crazies out there, many on forums, I really do not think it is a good idea to be posting ANY information that allows folks to identify and locate you. This is why I hate the idea of standards like "Open ID". Although I am sure that with enough effort, anyone can be found and identified, there is no reason to make it something that is so easy an Amazonian caveman can do it. <G>