Bugs and Suggestions

Johnny J.5-Apr-11 1:28

5-Apr-11 1:28

First of all: Aren't you curious as to who behaves so childlishly?

Second of all: Exposing his true identity could perhaps be a help. It's a bugger if you can't post stuff under your own name either if people know what you post using your alias...

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Tom Deketelaere5-Apr-11 3:17

Tom Deketelaere

5-Apr-11 3:17

Johnny J. wrote:
First of all: Aren't you curious as to who behaves so childlishly?

No not really since I ignore all his posts I don't really care one way or the other.

Slacker0075-Apr-11 1:36

5-Apr-11 1:36

Tom Deketelaere wrote:
His account(s) get deleted and then he just creates a new one under another name,

I beg to differ. Banning the actual IP address is a start.

Chris Maunder5-Apr-11 1:50

Chris Maunder

5-Apr-11 1:50

Blocking IP addresses doesn't help. Life would be easier if it did.

Ignoring does, as does voting to remove their messages.

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Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Johnny J.5-Apr-11 1:53

5-Apr-11 1:53

I think it's proved over and over again that that doesn't help squat...

Pete O'Hanlon5-Apr-11 6:54

Pete O'Hanlon

5-Apr-11 6:54

Bending your knees. That helps squat.

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Luc Pattyn5-Apr-11 7:22

Luc Pattyn

5-Apr-11 7:22

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Bending your knees. That helps squat.

Sure. It may also bring you down to the level of the trolls. Squat isn't the answer to everything.

Smile | :)

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Tom Deketelaere5-Apr-11 3:19

Tom Deketelaere

5-Apr-11 3:19

What about more than 1 member using the same IP (corporate IP), you would be banning them all.

What about dynamic IP's? He can just get a new IP and continue.

What if you ban his IP, he gets a new one and somebody else get's his banned IP (I know I know chances of that happening are very small but still)

Banning IP's has been discussed here over and over again and the outcome is always the same, it doesn't help.

Slacker0075-Apr-11 6:20

5-Apr-11 6:20

So my I idea to ban the IP was bad...you win some, you lose some. Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn5-Apr-11 7:24

Luc Pattyn

5-Apr-11 7:24

yep. vote for removal, otherwise ignore, do not reply, do not start a thread about the subject, don't even participate in one, and don't use the T word.

Big Grin | :-D

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Slacker0075-Apr-11 1:38

5-Apr-11 1:38

Johnny J. wrote:
so isn't it possible to use the log files and identify his correct identity

Yes it is, they can look at the actual IP address and all member aliases associated with this IP address. IMHO - banning the IP address would "help" solve the problem and would be a start in the right direction.

Johnny J.5-Apr-11 1:39

5-Apr-11 1:39

I agree to an extent, but I still believe that exposing his true identity would put a serious damper on his future activities...

Slacker0075-Apr-11 1:45

5-Apr-11 1:45

Johnny J. wrote:
I still believe that exposing his true identity would put a serious damper on his future activities...

What if our little friend only has one identity? What would you expose?

POH makes a very, very good point in ignoring this type of behavior. Exposing this person only adds fuel to the fire. Ban the IP and move on with our lives.

Johnny J.5-Apr-11 1:47

5-Apr-11 1:47

Slacker007 wrote:
POH makes a very, very good point in ignoring this type of behavior

With 7.6 million users, I think it's quite impossible to get EVERYBODY to ignore it, I'm afraid...

Chris Maunder5-Apr-11 1:51

Chris Maunder

5-Apr-11 1:51

That's a breach of privacy and is not going to happen.

Besides: I can assure you it would not help.

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Johnny J.5-Apr-11 1:52

5-Apr-11 1:52

Just an idea, and I disagree with you concerning whether or not it's going to help.

Got any better ideas?

PompeyBoy35-Apr-11 2:05

PompeyBoy3

5-Apr-11 2:05

Johnny J. wrote:
and I disagree with you concerning whether or not it's going to help.

It won't help because it is not a Sock Puppet account. He has never been a member before. I think maybe he is young(under-16) but I have never seen any evidence to suggest this is a Sock Puppet account, and I think you can infer from Chris saying that 'It wont help' that it definitely isn't.

Slacker0075-Apr-11 1:55

5-Apr-11 1:55

Chris Maunder wrote:
That's a breach of privacy and is not going to happen.

Good to hear that my sock-puppet accounts are not compromised. Big Grin | :-D

Chris Maunder5-Apr-11 1:57

Chris Maunder

5-Apr-11 1:57

All sock puppets, great and small... Wink | ;)

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

walterhevedeich5-Apr-11 19:20

walterhevedeich

5-Apr-11 19:20

Sock puppet accounts? Forgive me for my ignorance but what are they? Big Grin | :-D

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Pete O'Hanlon5-Apr-11 22:08

Pete O'Hanlon

5-Apr-11 22:08

Accounts created by a regular that get used to "get a rise" out of others. For instance, creating an account that says that global warming is killing everything just to get a reaction out of fat_boy.

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Smithers-Jones6-Apr-11 8:01

Smithers-Jones

6-Apr-11 8:01

walterhevedeich wrote:
Sock puppet accounts? Forgive me for my ignorance but what are they?

Uhm, you really never heard that expression before?
Here: Wikipedia-link[^]

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walterhevedeich7-Apr-11 3:57

walterhevedeich

7-Apr-11 3:57

Yeah. Really. Probably because even though we speak English in our country, we dont use that expression. Thanks for the link, and for educating me. Big Grin | :-D

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Dan Neely5-Apr-11 2:27

Dan Neely

5-Apr-11 2:27

Don't be so sure it's a sock puppet. Maunder's investigated these accusations before, and IIRC the result was always negative.

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Slacker0075-Apr-11 0:26