Why would one's IP address be banned on this site?

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 01:29 PM

Asking for a friend.

cmyx6go · 07-17-2021, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TiMSport

Asking for a friend.

Did your post about all the spam this morning get caught up in the spam ban?

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Did your post about all the spam this morning get caught up in the spam ban?

Well the fact that post appears to have been removed, I guess so? Ridiculous if that's the reason. It demonstrates they're not paying attention to what is getting banned. Sigh.

Said friend is not getting a response from the administrators either.

cmyx6go · 07-17-2021, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TiMSport

Well the fact that post appears to have been removed, I guess so? Ridiculous if that's the reason. It demonstrates they're not paying attention to what is getting banned. Sigh.

Said friend is not getting a response from the administrators either.

Send a PM to Law. He’s always been helpful for me.

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Send a PM to Law. He’s always been helpful for me.

Thank you. Tried to PM the person you referenced assuming "Law" is in fact the correct handle name but it didn't go through. Hmm.

Edit: Never mind, friend tried again and it seems to have gone through.

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 05:10 PM

I hope someone responds to me soon because I don't want to have to use an alternative address to use this site, or I mean my friend, ahem.

upstatedoc · 07-17-2021, 05:23 PM

"You're meddling with powers you can't possibly comprehend" - Marcus Brodie

thebmw · 07-17-2021, 05:28 PM

I saw those numerous spam threads and posts.. I'm curious. Why would someone spam this message board? What do they gain out of it? Seems silly and a waste of time. Any thoughts?

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by thebmw

I saw those numerous spam threads and posts.. I'm curious. Why would someone spam this message board? What do they gain out of it? Seems silly and a waste of time. Any thoughts?

I know, I have had the same question. The BIGGER question is why the hell I'm grouped in with them and have a banned IP address. I didn't spam anything!

Darth One · 07-17-2021, 05:37 PM

Maybe a group of people asked the admins to ban you?

Don't ask me why though, I have no idea why we, I mean, they would want to do that

No one · 07-17-2021, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by upstatedoc

"Your meddling with powers you can't possibly comprehend" - Marcus Brodie

You're using the grammar you can't possibly comprehend.

Regarding the subject, stop sharing your IP with a spammer. The simplest must be to stop using a compromised proxy server (see your network settings).

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Darth One

Maybe a group of people asked the admins to ban you?

Don't ask me why though, I have no idea why we, I mean, they would want to do that

Lol.

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by No one

Regarding the subject, stop sharing your IP with a spammer. The simplest must be to stop using a compromised proxy server (see your network settings).

And how might I be doing that?

No one · 07-17-2021, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TiMSport

And how might I be doing that?

Inadvertently, perhaps.

Or what exactly do you mean?

To save a bit of "traffic", if you meant to ask how to try the suggested solution, the answer is: open your system's Internet settings, proceed to the active connection's properties and make sure the "use proxy server" checkbox(?) is off. Or proceed to your ISP's site to probably find a pictured guide of setting up your system's network usage.

upstatedoc · 07-17-2021, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by No one

You're using the grammar you can't possibly comprehend.

Regarding the subject, stop sharing your IP with a spammer. The simplest must be to stop using a compromised proxy server (see your network settings).

Happy now?

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by No one

Inadvertently, perhaps.

Or what exactly do you mean?

To save a bit of "traffic", if you meant to ask how to try the suggested solution, the answer is: open your system's Internet settings, proceed to the active connection's properties and make sure the "use proxy server" checkbox(?) is off. Or proceed to your ISP's site to probably find a pictured guide of setting up your system's network usage.

Well I think I was inadvertently grouped together with the actual spammers earlier today as someone suggested. I'm on a VPN now so the proxy settings don't apply.

No one · 07-17-2021, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TiMSport

Well I think I was inadvertently grouped together with the actual spammers earlier today as someone suggested. I'm on a VPN now so the proxy settings don't apply.

Make sure no spammer is on the same VPN then

which is effectively the same thing.

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by No one

Make sure no spammer is on the same VPN then

which is effectively the same thing.

Lol, okay.

No one · 07-17-2021, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by upstatedoc

Happy now?

Well, your testing my wits (at first I thought you were asking the OP

) is all right, but you seem to be totally missing the point. I only offer you a chance to look at least basically educated. If you don't need it - just skip it, be my dearest guest, indeed. I don't feel like repeating anyway.

Actually, making a fool of yourself is what they call a joke around here. I just don't know your intention, sorry.

And the last thing. When quoting, you should make sure it's exact (to show some respect for the source and the reader, if only needed, of course

). At first I thought it could be "Your meddling <has something to do> with powers...".

You don't have to please me, really.

vreihen16 · 07-17-2021, 08:01 PM

Santa's naughty list?

He knows when you've been sleeping, and knows when you're awake.....

TiMSport · 07-17-2021, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

Santa's naughty list?

He knows when you've been sleeping, and knows when you're awake.....

Damn it, I knew some of those "Cool Pic" posts were borderline.

vreihen16 · 07-17-2021, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by thebmw

I saw those numerous spam threads and posts.. I'm curious. Why would someone spam this message board? What do they gain out of it? Seems silly and a waste of time. Any thoughts?

SEO. The more places their web site link is listed, the higher that some web site search engines list their page in the results.

One type of spambots love to make a gibberish "like that picture/comment" forum post to a busy thread, wait a few days for it to wash off the front page, and then go back and add their SEO links and content so that only the robots can find them.

The ones that I saw from this weekend were just garden-variety SEO, probably from a third-world country and I suspect with internationally-encoded text in a foreign language that looks like gibberish to most people.

I really have pity on the mods here, since the forum software they are managing seems to be lacking in the common protection methods used in other message board software.....

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