pyslackers/sirbot-pythondev

User account watcher for dupe accounts

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mattrasband commented

It's easy to make duplicate accounts: foobar@gmail.com and foo.bar@gmail.com are both the same person, but seemingly unique to Slack's signup. It would be nice for the admins to know about dupe accounts, especially if the individual divides the community.

The feature is probably pretty simple, keep track of current emails and sanitize them. Then track new joins, do the same sensitization and compare.

mattrasband commented

A few things to keep in mind:

  • Many email providers allow any number of dots within the username portion of the email (foo@, f.oo@, f.o.o@ and fo.o@ are all the same) (presuming the same domain, we have 100% confidence in a dupe)
  • Many email providers allow +suffix, which are not necessarily meaningful and can likely be snipped (presuming we know those providers, gmail being one, we have 100% confidence)
  • We also can get the timezone, so even if it's foo@gmail.com and foo@yahoo.com, we can at least prompt for some level of confidence (probably around 70% or so)
mattrasband commented

Closing for sirbot - this is best handled at the source of invites (pyslackers/website)