Or the value of them will just increase. Most people who have them likely aren't going to sell them, though. I feel like this account is a part of me and something I've built up over a long time.
It is potentially selling your own identity. It can seriously backfire. What if it gets sold to a scammer and the police think it is you ?
Should we also allow people to sell their identities then? Does this forum allow such things that could be used to commit fraud?
I think it would. Most people will have no idea how to get them then. They're easy to buy because they're readily available on the marketplace. It's like most people have to go to the black market for drugs, but if a store opened up at the end of their street selling drugs then they'd just go there to get their product.
The reason account sales aren't banned is because they will just easily occur elsewhere. Usually with account farmers they sell both the account and the email address that it is registered to.
Hackings will happen elsewhere. Allow hackers to sell viruses and exploits here? Where does it stop?
Total prohibition doesn't work.
Why is this same logic not applied to drugs or child porn being sold here? Prohibiting murder doesn't work either but that doesn't mean it's a free for all. There are laws for a reason.
In the Netherlands "coffee shops" are allowed to sell cannabis under certain strict conditions. Maximum 5 grams for personal use.
In the Netherlands drug use is seen as a sickness rather than a crime.
Using drugs isn't a crime and shouldn't be seen as one. If something doesn't hurt anyone else then it's not a crime. I'm not sure we should allow shops in malls to sell hardcore drugs to children, though.