Displaying IP addresses of posters
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Roger Wright wrote:
ess than adequate coping skills.
What skillz? I have mad skillz! Just because I want to rip out their heart, tear off their head, and dump their remains in vegemite doesn't mean I have coping problems dammit! I'm just misunderstood and unloved!
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Ahhh, I've seen this before. In a Klingon.
"We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information." - Neal Stephenson
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A) Is bad, because some idiot could decide to DoS you. As mentioned by someone else above, I can refresh my dynamic IP to avoid that fairly easily... however then some other poor SOB could theoretically then be the subject of the DoS. Also, for those that by chance have a static IP, then I would insist it is a really, really bad idea. I don't have a static IP now, however in the past I have, and I would not want it published on each post. I might suggest (as an alternative) to only display the first 3 octets, and to mask the 4th. E.g. => 127.0.0.XXX B) Sounds okay in theory. It could be improved by using the same suggestion above, drop the 4th octet, and show everyone who shares the first 3. At minimum this would organize posters into "groups". That helps to mostly eliminate the dynamic IP refresh issue, and the smart people reading the forums, could in many cases, quickly determine if someone is posting using multiple aliases. [edit]Also, if 3 octets does not provide enough privacy -- then the first 2 could also work -- and be better than none. No one can really complain about the first 2 octets of their IP being published along with their post. And it really would help to determine (in many cases) if the trolls that come along are probable to be the same person.[/edit] -- modified at 16:53 Friday 27th July, 2007
Why not just covert their IP to IPv6? :P
"We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information." - Neal Stephenson
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Andy Brummer wrote:
Unfortunately people just can't be trusted to ignore all the crap posts.
Frankly, it's not a realistic expectation. There are too many people here now, too many new people showing up all the time, too many folk who just want to get an answer to their questions or kill time or engage in a little bit of idle discussion... The system is either going to grow to handle this, or shrink and kill it along with the abusers.
Andy Brummer wrote:
At least until they get bored with it.
That would require the mental ability to engage in interesting activities - which, after months of uninspired trolling seems fairly unlikely.
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I don't care what you consider witty, but at least I do not blather on posting nonsense like Jim Crafton.
-- Stringcheese, humbled by Crafton's ability to string together multiple sentences
I know it's not realistic, but can't I bitch and moan a little before I sit down shut up and be reasonable.
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Roger Wright wrote:
ess than adequate coping skills.
What skillz? I have mad skillz! Just because I want to rip out their heart, tear off their head, and dump their remains in vegemite doesn't mean I have coping problems dammit! I'm just misunderstood and unloved!
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog
Jim Crafton wrote:
dump their remains in vegemite
Eliminate the evidence, eh?
Software Zen:
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What do you reckon? I'm getting a little sick of members creating new accounts and trolling. How offended would everyone be if a) the IP address of where they posted their message from was displayed, or b) each message contains a link that allows you to see a list other accounts that have also posted from this IP.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris why not implement an unusual activity detection system and then have it find suspicious users or groups of users and present a list to selected moderators who cn act accordingly.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
dump their remains in vegemite
Eliminate the evidence, eh?
Software Zen:
delete this;Well, there's bold, and then there's just plain stupid :)
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What do you reckon? I'm getting a little sick of members creating new accounts and trolling. How offended would everyone be if a) the IP address of where they posted their message from was displayed, or b) each message contains a link that allows you to see a list other accounts that have also posted from this IP.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
a) Absolutely not. How would this help? It would only give the troublemakers a list of IPs to start attacking. b) Yes please, as long as it doesn't actually show the IP, just the account names.
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