Alternate Account

An Alternate Account, also known as an alt, is any account that is not the user's main account.

Alts are useful when you aren't at a high enough user level to have unlimited posting. The more alts you have, the more posts you have per day. After one of the accounts hits Regular User, alts can still be useful in case of warnings or bans.

Some users prefer to have alt accounts solely to add more variety to their posting habits. They frequently alternate between their accounts, posting with each one.

Others collect alt accounts simply for novelty reasons.