'Destiny'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
I guarantee you that if we ever had to deal with a determined troublemaker, having the IP address that did the posting would be required to take action.
By blocking that IP address from posting? It's likely the IP address isn't static and/or we could end up banning someone else who happens to get assigned that same address, so what's the point?
You'd use the IP address to find out where the posts are coming from. Depending on where, an email to the ISP's abuse address might take care of it.
But without it, there's nothing you can do.
I'm with Jon. I'm against banning by IP because it's easy enough to a) circumvent b) throw out the baby with the bathwater.
edit: And I've way given up on complaining to ISPs, after reading about how little of abuse@ISP.net ever gets read.
The point about IP being (possibly) useful to prove that sockpuppetry is going on is still valid. But we seem to agree that was just paranoia now, so it's pretty much irrelevant.
Just for the record, I never suggested banning by IP address. I don't know where you got that from.
The point about IP being (possibly) useful to prove that sockpuppetry is going on is still valid. But we seem to agree that was just paranoia now, so it's pretty much irrelevant.
Yeah, having read the thread now, I don't see sock-puppetry at all.
Sorry, Rob. I was just trying to guess why you thought grabbing the IP address was useful.
I am kind of hopeful certain posters decide we're too boring to deal with and go away...
That's why I posted. 'Tis my gift.
I have a question about IP number assignment based on the earlier explanations, but as I'm not weighing in on the unanimous discussion, I'm going to post it over it in Buffistechnology.
Sorry if I was paranoid. It was a germ of a hint of an idea, and I didn't mean to get everyone worked up.
Evening, O Buffistas. This is notice to the admins -- ita, in specific -- that I did get that email, and thanks.
Also notice to the community at large that if you are a total ass and fail to respond to an email from a friend in Atlanta, and she remembers you're a Buffista, and she emails the admins afraid you are dead? The admins will provide proof you're not dead on demand. Not part of a cult, that they can't promise. That's for Phoenix 2.0.