2012-08-11, 11:50 PM
Eos Wrote:Why certainly.
Can the precog you apparently have in your pocket give me the MAC address of every device an abuser could possibly get access to, plus all the IP addresses of every ISP every such device might obtain and I'll just go enter those now.
I'm gonna go ahead and assume that was sarcasm. Just so we're clear, mine wasn't sarcasm. I'm definitely no network admin and I don't know all the details involved with finding and banning the addresses of abusers, nor how effective it is. It just seems like it would be easier to periodically ban abusers when they roll around again than cherry pick every post to make sure that it's not malicious or posted by someone deemed as malicious.
I just find it hard to believe that every person you ban has the patience to change devices, IP addresses and login info every time he gets banned just to post in a forum where he's obviously not welcomed.