Add notification at log in screen, warning using Fb or other ID's will create an account

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I'd like to recommend adding notification to log in pop-up, that using the alternative types of log in credentials, Facebook, for instance, will create a new account, not log the user in to their existing user name/account. Like, "*Note, logging in with Fb, Amazon or Google for the first time will create a new account, not log you into an existing account. To log into an existing account, use your IMDb log in info."

It seems to be a frequently posted of problem and folks seem to get quite upset when they notice lists are gone, they need to authenticate, or other problems, not knowing they've created a new account. It usually takes some back and forth with them to finally realize they're not logged into the account they normally use, but have created new one. This causes a lot of confusion and what I'd classify as anger among users.
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Posted 7 years ago

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I agree - this is one of the main complaints that crops up here and a cause of great confusion (an panic if they think all their lists and ratings have vanished) for the users, which suggests that there are quite a lot of people running into this problem, some finding their way here, some just living with it (not knowing quite what happened) and some leaving IMDB in disgust.

See these examples of previous posts:

https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topi...

https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topi...

Thanks also to Giancarlo for spotting that this is the underlying problem for a number of complaints.
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I support this idea. It is not clear when a user is logged via Facebook, Google+ or Yahoo.
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I should have added, it could/should also say, where it says our user name, where the new (and I like the new drop-down menu, by the way) drop-down menu is, something like:

bluesmanSF : logged in via Facebook

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