ivan: FWIW, the folks I've spoken with at IA don't like the fact that uploader emails are stored in the metadata, either. And it will likely be fixed, sometime.
And IA staff *can* merge accounts, I think -- try emailing info@
But the main feature I'd love to see was a way for uploaders to freeze items, i.e. remove the ability for the uploader to make any further changes to the item.
I avoid uploading things to IA because I don't want to be responsible in perpetuity for maintaining the security of my username/password.
Somebody2: awesome re: emails
well, you can use that thing I discovered to avoid that problem, sort of
change your email and the old items are orphaned, hope that no one else becomes the owner of yourold@email