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.
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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.
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Rob - Dec 27, 2002 9:22:46 pm PST #1650 of 10001
§ ita § - Dec 27, 2002 9:30:09 pm PST #1651 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
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.
John H - Dec 27, 2002 9:33:25 pm PST #1652 of 10001
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.
Rob - Dec 27, 2002 9:44:22 pm PST #1653 of 10001
Just for the record, I never suggested banning by IP address. I don't know where you got that from.
Rebecca Lizard - Dec 27, 2002 9:45:23 pm PST #1654 of 10001
You sip / say it's your crazy / straw say it's you're crazy / as you bicycle your soul / with beauty in your basket
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.
Jon B. - Dec 27, 2002 9:46:40 pm PST #1655 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Sorry, Rob. I was just trying to guess why you thought grabbing the IP address was useful.
Cindy - Dec 27, 2002 10:05:12 pm PST #1656 of 10001
Nobody
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.
David J. Schwartz - Dec 27, 2002 11:23:19 pm PST #1657 of 10001
New, fully poseable Author!Knut.
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.
Nutty - Dec 27, 2002 11:31:47 pm PST #1658 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
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.
askye - Dec 28, 2002 11:53:05 am PST #1659 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I think we need a Stompy Foot to come white font some spoilery info in Deena's post in Firefly. Post number 1264 (I think).