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Originally Posted By Mr X It's not a matter of fun, the guy is maliciously interfering with Doobie and Rebekah's business and that sucks. The least we can do is report it to them and then ignore. I'm noting my reports in the hopes that others will do the same. If enough people do it, we can help the mods out and he can spend all his energy constantly creating new accounts (I assume he has to come up with a new email address every time, must be a huge pain in the ass for him).
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I don't necessarily know that having 30 people reporting the same thing is going to help anyone out. One person reporting something that needs attention seems sufficient.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 lately we've seen one of the two major parties be virtually taken over by a vocal minority of instigators who live about 5 clicks to the right of you and any other reasonably minded conservatives. --- X - I don't think they've taken over yet. Maybe that's wishful thinking but in the neck of the woods where I live they have little say..of course neither did the far right religious talking heads. Maybe my party is gone but I'm holding out hope.. that sanity will prevail. If the tea party really rises to lead the party I will officially be an independent -- still moderate but not affiliated with either party
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "It's not a matter of fun, the guy is maliciously interfering with Doobie and Rebekah's business and that sucks." No offense to Doobie and Rebekah, but they could update this site and make it more difficult for him and others like him to infiltrate the boards. At the very least there should be a feature that allows you to block posters who you don't want to read.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I run a blog on pro boards and we can block by IP address- which at least makes it more difficult than just using new email addresses and monikers....
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Aren't there ways to get a dynamic IP address from your ISP? Aren't there also ways to surf the Internet anonymously?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I am not the expert so I won't pretend to be-- however the gentleman I run the blog with is a high level software security expert . What he can tell from transmissions frightens me at times..so I know he knows how to decipher somehow rolling IP addresses..and tie them together. Usually can tell end user as well through carrier. Therefore from things I've seen I don't think anything is anonymous..it's just who has access to certain information and clearance levels. Kind of like things are never really deleted
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Aren't there ways to get a dynamic IP address from your ISP? Aren't there also ways to surf the Internet anonymously?> Yes, many ISP's dynamically assign IP addresses when you log-in... you don't have a permanent IP address but one from a pool of IP's assigned to the ISP. As we start to use up individual IP addresses, more and more ISP's are assigning them dynamically so they only need a unique IP number for those currently logged in... not for everyone who has access to their network. Today it is extremely difficult to block anyone based on their IOP address without refusing service to an entire domain, which of course you would not want to do.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I am not the expert so I won't pretend to be-- however the gentleman I run the blog with is a high level software security expert . What he can tell from transmissions frightens me at times..so I know he knows how to decipher somehow rolling IP addresses..and tie them together. Usually can tell end user as well through carrier.>> I believe it is possible to detect individual machine identification numbers on a network if you have the security clearance needed to so so. There would be no way for the typical webmaster to access this information and block users based on it.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I don't necessarily know that having 30 people reporting the same thing is going to help anyone out. One person reporting something that needs attention seems sufficient*** My intention is to remind everyone that reporting is an option, so they might do so in other threads. Teamwork.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***At the very least there should be a feature that allows you to block posters who you don't want to read*** That, alone, would likely solve this particular problem. It opens up another can of worms, though. But in this case it would probably be for the best. Ain't my website, though.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip To a certain extent, who really cares about the sock puppets? We know they are SP's, and we know they are the work of one pathetic individual who can only become aroused when causing Internet mayhem. Even BANNING him gives him the attention he wants. I still think one of the best responses is to totally ignore him. You KNOW if he is banned he will just come back as someone else... victory: sock puppet. If he is totally ignored no matter what he does... victory: LP.
Originally Posted By Labuda "and Labuda- radical ? really? sorry, don't see it" Well, I have my moments... I just play closer to middle-of-the-road on tv.
Originally Posted By Labuda "Anyway, sure there are equivalent nutjobs on the left, 5 clicks or so away from ME, heck I just read a treatise a few days ago on a left winger site by a kook (backed up by a few other kooks) praising the struggle of noble North Korea against the tyranny of Western Capitalism which is hell bent on destroying them and lies about the condition of their country in order to do so." Good point. My "radicalism" is just that I want everyone treated equally and humanely and don't want to take any lives while doing so. I do NOT subscribe to far-left lunatic conspiracy theories. It's funny... last night I was hanging with a friend and watched an old episode of South Park about the government being behind 9/11...amazing, wonderful satire... and my friend, who I consider to be quite an intelligent man, did NOT get it. Just not at all. WEIRD! I cannot believe I had to explain it to him. Wow.
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF What I do not get......how does one have the energy and time to keep coming up with new names???..... Think about it.....what is really behind all this attention seeking behaviour?
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Think about it.....what is really behind all this attention seeking behaviour?<< The fact that Beau is a loser?
