The stats from the first e-mail are not yours, they were sent in error.
There's a post about it somewhere...

This thread and this one

Thanks for the responses peeps.

The problem is that the two sets of stats and emails are sent to the same member name, and the same email address, which is clearly wrong. So stating that sending a "forgot member name" request should indicate the problem may be a red herring (i.e in a database you would expect to restrict record keys to be distinct, but when you allow indistinct keys, all bets are off for expected behaviour.. much like y2k :) )


Furthermore, if the ability to create accounts was previously possible and then stopped, then the possibility to do this was stopped, not the effect of previously having done it. My accounts were created ~2005 and 2007, ~5-7 years ago, so anything is possible. Also, as I have inferred, if there was no data cleansing afterwards, then there will be duplicated accounts out there, no? If there are multiple accounts with the same account name, how can we be sure how they will behave? (if the email addresses were different or member names then I agree it would be simpler)

Here is the data from my emails:

Registered: January 25, 2007
Run Time: 10,475 days
Points: 15,663,146
Results: 32,922
Last Result: January 31, 2012


Registered: December 21, 2005
Run Time: 602 days
Points: 982,177
Results: 2,052
Last Result: April 25, 2012


This is not actually far off as I was a user of BOINC and SETI@HOME, then I had to move to WCG, and I remember being confused by the terminology and account info.. it is possible 2 accounts exist (somehow) and these dates (2007 and 2005) could add up... also the result return dates - I switched projects recently (I turn rosetta off and seti on once in a while as when they are both on with WCG there is/was an imbalance in share (even though Rosetta and seti have the same weighting).
The number of results seems right too, as I have used 2 or 3 computers at times, and 1 has been on 24/7 probably since 2005 :)

Also, in one email I am "2 days away from bronze badge for GO Fight Against Malaria!", and in the other I am "3 days from a bronze badge for GO Fight Against Malaria!"

I think that these 2 accounts/stats are for my activity.. but I stand to be corrected with some empirical evidence.

Is there not a way to contact the site/service admins? There must be a team responsible for the data stored about its users?

ps - I did the member name request thingy and I received an email telling me the expected member name (1) matched my email address.
The problem is, as I have shown, is that this is a logical result and does not disprove the possibility of another account/set of stats existing with this same account name.

Thanks for the response Lawrence.
However I do have a few questions as a result:



When was this? I have no idea how this affects me seeing as though I have an account here for some years.
is there a thread you are referring to that you can share?


Can you tell me how you know? as I have not seen anything that makes this obvious to me. If you drew that conclusion from what I have said please let me know. If you have access to information that I am aware of, please let me know!


Thanks

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