My friend who I invited to join this forum just emailed me. He wanted me to ask this question because he cannot log on anymore.
He says that his device says that he cannot log into this site anymore from his IP address.
His screen name is KeepAmericaGreat
Why would you guys ban his IP address? Now he can’t log on. It looks like you did not ban him, just his address.
I certainly hope that this was not a way of circumventing the banning process, because if it was done to him it can be done to anybody, including me. I certainly hope that what did NOT happen was that somebody wanted him gone, could not justify banning him, so instead zapped his IP address. Because if thats what happened then I can think of a few people, including me, who are probably next.
You guys obviously have his email address. He would like to exchange emails with whoever is running the show and find out what happened. Thats what he said.
If anybody want to yell at me go ahead. At this point I am just the messenger so I will ignore all attacks.
@TrumpTrain you probably shouldn’t have made a post demanding that your sock account have their IP address unblocked so you can continue shitposting and disrupting the forum
The way I’ve trained our illustrious volunteers is to think of the movie Braveheart. Hold! Hold! Hold!
Gather evidence, document IP ranges, and provide it when asked.
It’s always best to ban the sock first. It draws the perpetrator out. They always ask about their “friend’s” account which is a dead giveaway.
Before he made the mistake of logging in simultaneously with the same IP address, he had set off some alarms with his “friend” flagging posts within seconds of his initial flag. At first, that is evidence of coordinated flagging. I told Kelly and Ty to just keep an eye on it and let it play out.
People do indeed ban themselves…and when they do it is usually fairly good entertainment for the rest of us.
Thank you to Kelly and Ty for stepping in for me during this time. I will be back as usual this weekend. I am aware of the issues to be addressed.
I don’t know about that. It’s just having attention to detail and being thorough. Instead of reacting with emotions to a frustrating situation let the data do the job. We have enough internal controls to catch stuff like this. There are ways to sidestep but people always make mistakes. All it takes is forgetting to turn on that VPN one time and you’re caught.
