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Q&A Should we have organization accounts?

An alternative approach would be to have the concept of organizations but not separate accounts. A user who is a member of one or more organizations could have a way, when posting, to say "on beha...

posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2023-01-11T13:45:24Z (almost 2 years ago)
An alternative approach would be to have the concept of *organizations* but not *separate accounts*.  A user who is a member of one or more organizations could have a way, when posting, to say "on behalf of this org", and it would show up something like your "for the dev team" example.  Advantages:

- No separate account, so no need to restrict voting etc.
- Clear attribution (we know *who* posted it and not just that it was official).
- More likely to be used correctly: if you have to log in as a different user in order to post something, that's more frustrating and it invites accidents (forgot to switch back after).