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Were there any others?

The similar timing of the bans and amount of time they'd been allowed to spam Poal without being banned makes me think there was a change in thinking about how Poal is going to operate.

I can't say I disagree with either ban (except that one is clearly going to keep making alts and coming back, so it's basically ineffective). But I also can't really put my finger on why I agree with either ban. They're annoying niggers, but @PuttIt0ut was pretty much just posting in his designated subs (unless @AOU was moving them) and @the_old_ones for now seemed content to try to boost his points and restore/clean his reputation and remove the account tag, by posting anti-pedo (hmm) news and only occasionally autistically threatening people in comment sections.

So bring us in on it, admins. What is on your minds?

Were there any others? The similar timing of the bans and amount of time they'd been allowed to spam Poal without being banned makes me think there was a change in thinking about how Poal is going to operate. I can't say I disagree with either ban (except that one is clearly going to keep making alts and coming back, so it's basically ineffective). But I also can't really put my finger on why I agree with either ban. They're annoying niggers, but @PuttIt0ut was pretty much just posting in his designated subs (unless @AOU was moving them) and @the_old_ones for now seemed content to try to boost his points and restore/clean his reputation and remove the account tag, by posting anti-pedo (hmm) news and only occasionally autistically threatening people in comment sections. So bring us in on it, admins. What is on your minds?

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[–] • 4 pts (edited )

Break the terms for a few months, then IP ban and move on. Ban accounts by IP, and ban new creation by IP on a timer, say 3 months or whatever.

The amount of brain power that has gone into this problem over the last 20 years you would think it was DARPA.

You can of course baby them and hand hold each one which was done already. But if you get 100 at once, or 10s of them per day starting, actual different people trying to start doing similar things, it's too much.

Once it's clear it's not favoritism and not political, but it could happen for real, 99% of them will stop, or become disinterested in posting here to begin with. Problem with Voat is it looks like favitorism and is done erratically. People try to constantly play "in-crowd" games, and it's beyond stupid.

[–] • 2 pts

The reason a lot of time goes into it is because while you think it’s simple, in reality it is not.

So you IP ban. That’s easy to circumvent. Unplug your gateway or router device, wait 30m, plug it back in.

BAM! New IP address and whomever is unlucky enough to get your old IP is blocked.

Word of advice; NCIS and CSI: Short Bus are not good sources of technical information, so please stop parroting the stupid they push out. There’s a reason it’s called “programming”.....

[–] • 3 pts (edited )

You are wrong about nearly everything you said.

My info comes from my own industry experience and real implementations, and on top 100 sites, over a multi-decade career.

[–] • 2 pts

You are wrong. My info comes from my own industry experience and real implementations, and on top 100 sites, over a multi-decade career.

I don’t have to acknowledge an appeal to an authority that is lesser than me, and your career penis is much, much smaller than mine.

Providers use DHCP, and VPNs with cycling endpoints exist for a reason. If you don’t understand those very basic concepts about the internet, I feel sorry for your customers....

[–] • 2 pts

These platforms invite ego.

Why do you think we've frequented anonymous message boards for so long? Namefags are detestable for this obvious reason.

[–] • 1 pt

That's a good point, that I've probably never thought of that way before.

[–] • 2 pts

The hurtbox destroys your ego.

See, chans do something that can't be done otherwise. It removes what you know, strips it down, meticulously analyzes it and shoves it in your face. You get to a point where you don't get to look away. The truth is stripped out of you, so much so that after a certain amount of time, your only option is to be perfectly honest while you're anonymous.

The hard part is balancing that understanding with people around you. We commonly refer to slipping up as "revealing your power level". Hopefully the reason is now transparent: we're talking about invoking ego again, despite it having been stripped of you. Personally, I hardly have any self-awareness anymore. It comes with a cost.