Mainsite anonymous posting.

[ZippyDSMlee]

Since GP posted about it I thought I would start a thread over it and let the regulars discus it.
Posted 08/20/08 at 06:02am
gamepolitics: I am wondering if we should move to making everyone register. Thoughts?

here are other replies.
Posted 08/20/08 at 06:39am
Delete Shout Edit Shout ZippyDSMlee: garrett: also I think editing or adding a mod post in a comment is better than deleting a whole line of comments... even more so if the replies are note worthy..

Posted 08/20/08 at 06:38am
garrett: Removing a bad message, or perhaps leaving it as it is, is better then removing anonymity..

[Kincyr]

how many mainsite mods are there anyway? I know of Dennis (admin) and EZK. any others?

[ZippyDSMlee]

how many mainsite mods are there anyway? I know of Dennis (admin) and EZK. any others?

Just those 2 I think ,and even if you did not have the anonymous posting on a site with good traffic you'd need 3-5 anyway, so anonymous is not the issue IMO.

[ezacharyk]

how many mainsite mods are there anyway? I know of Dennis (admin) and EZK. any others?

I believe that Toll is a mod on the mainsite as well.

[ZippyDSMlee]

I believe that Toll is a mod on the mainsite as well.

So is the anonymous thing really starting to become an issue? if one is going to post dumbly forcing them register multi accounts wont cull them down any.

Of coarse if the system dose not track or ban IPs well then I guess you have stop anonymous posting.

[Kincyr]

Of coarse if the system dose not track or ban IPs well then I guess you have stop anonymous posting.
the system tracks IP addresses, only a mod can see them. I know this because when a mod quoted a post, he accidentally copied the IP address. (it's right after the timestamp, but it's not seperated by a space or anything)

[ZippyDSMlee]

the system tracks IP addresses, only a mod can see them. I know this because when a mod quoted a post, he accidentally copied the IP address. (it's right after the timestamp, but it's not seperated by a space or anything)

Perhaps I was not clear enough
"if the system dose not track or ban IPs well "

Of course mods have more IP viewing abilities, its been a long while since most places on the web had open IPs.

[Kincyr]

Perhaps I was not clear enough
"if the system dose not track or ban IPs well "
okay, I admit I'm lost somewhere. do you mean like auto-bans based on keywords or something? or a script that tells a commenter's PC to report it's own IP address to render proxies useless?

[ZippyDSMlee]

okay, I admit I'm lost somewhere. do you mean like auto-bans based on keywords or something? or a script that tells a commenter's PC to report it's own IP address to render proxies useless?

tracking a IP or range of IPs, having it flagged in a list so that all mods will know it was doing something dumb and then banning that IP in the end if need be.

proxies work but so do some scripts to counter them, the process is still hit and miss unless I have been out of the loop that long ><

[MUTANT SPUD]

I'm not bothered about anonymity, are we talking about registering everyone and having their email, name or whatever visible? If so good, I'm all for it. I'm happy to put my name to my views if its a required field..so to speak. I already feel like friggin Cassandra anyway, more people knowing who I am and calling me a crackpot isn't going to make much of a difference.:)

[Kincyr]

how 'bout a system to filter out posts sent by a name where every character is identical (e.g. "yy" or "p", Jack's 2 latest usernames, he seems to be using single-unique-character names lately)

[beemoh]

Jack's 2 latest usernames, he seems to be using single-unique-character names lately

Eh, we may as well just wait for him to do another 24.

[Kincyr]

I guess the trouble would be programming an algorithm, all I could think of is to manually set the spam filter to automatically block a whole list of possible names Jack would use, namely (no pun intended) a, aa, aaa, aaaa, aaaaa, aaaaaa, aaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaaa, and then doing the same for all the other letters. Going by this sample alone, that's 260 for the letters, plus another 100 for numerical digits, seeing as he has used a bunch of 7's in the past.

[ZippyDSMlee]

I guess the trouble would be programming an algorithm, all I could think of is to manually set the spam filter to automatically block a whole list of possible names Jack would use, namely (no pun intended) a, aa, aaa, aaaa, aaaaa, aaaaaa, aaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaaa, and then doing the same for all the other letters. Going by this sample alone, that's 260 for the letters, plus another 100 for numerical digits, seeing as he has used a bunch of 7's in the past.

dun block 666 its a valid part of a name :P

[Hannah]

I guess the trouble would be programming an algorithm, all I could think of is to manually set the spam filter to automatically block a whole list of possible names Jack would use, namely (no pun intended) a, aa, aaa, aaaa, aaaaa, aaaaaa, aaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaaaa, and then doing the same for all the other letters. Going by this sample alone, that's 260 for the letters, plus another 100 for numerical digits, seeing as he has used a bunch of 7's in the past.

But... while he's not exactly brilliant, he is persistent. He'd keep trying until he found a name that worked.

[Kincyr]

dun block 666 its a valid part of a name :P
with what I was hoping for, as long as the username has stuff other than 6 along with the 666, it would be accepted since the name isn't composed exclusively with the '6' character.

'course once the bugs are out of the registration system (assuming it's not fixed yet), Dennis could disable anonymous posting altogether

[kurisu7885]

But... while he's not exactly brilliant, he is persistent. He'd keep trying until he found a name that worked.

And he likes to call us obsessed, then again he never has denied being a hypocrite.

[Pominator]

What I don't get (volume 52)

What I don't get is what Jack gains from trolling the GP main site, does he really think he is going to break our morale or something?

[ZippyDSMlee]

What I don't get (volume 52)

What I don't get is what Jack gains from trolling the GP main site, does he really think he is going to break our morale or something?

Te same "thing" you get when you troll maybe? :rolleyes:

[Pominator]

... when have I trolled?

[ZippyDSMlee]

... when have I trolled?

I can recall a few threads you started as trolling rick rolls :P

But you have evolved into a forum user thats above the drooling creature that zippy is :P

[Pominator]

heh, the only time I ever recall rick rolling someone was IRL when I sent him a wake up message on my mobile.

In my defence I had it in my head because my alarm clock radio turned on with (and I do not kid thee)

"And now a reading, from the book... of Astley"
And thus ensued the song.

but in the forums? no I do not recall having once Rick Roll'd someone, and I would appreciate it if you could direct me to a place where I have committed this atrocity.

Oh and thanks for commenting on my evolution.

[ZippyDSMlee]

heh, the only time I ever recall rick rolling someone was IRL when I sent him a wake up message on my mobile.

In my defence I had it in my head because my alarm clock radio turned on with (and I do not kid thee)

"And now a reading, from the book... of Astley"
And thus ensued the song.

but in the forums? no I do not recall having once Rick Roll'd someone, and I would appreciate it if you could direct me to a place where I have committed this atrocity.

Oh and thanks for commenting on my evolution.
Oh you were a lulzy newbie ...and zippy is still newbie..... and from teh scorn and hatered marks down all who grow above him. :P


*dose some checking* oh damn...I do believe I haz you confused with pelor.........ah yes yes fuzzy bwains has outdid himself ocne again you've been non luly and pretty standard in your posting, and they have ben filled with more nomable info lately.

Mmmmm nomable.....bbwwaaiinnnnssssss *shuffle shuffle*

[Pominator]

why thank you! I was sure I have never been a lulzy person, my sense of humour lies entirely in satire of the real world

[Hannah]

heh, the only time I ever recall rick rolling someone was IRL when I sent him a wake up message on my mobile.

In my defence I had it in my head because my alarm clock radio turned on with (and I do not kid thee)

"And now a reading, from the book... of Astley"
And thus ensued the song.

but in the forums? no I do not recall having once Rick Roll'd someone, and I would appreciate it if you could direct me to a place where I have committed this atrocity.

Oh and thanks for commenting on my evolution.

After the anti-scientology protest yesterday, my anonymous comrades and I rickrolled a whole bunch of people on the train by suddenly bursting into song. Best part was, some random guy sitting next to me started singing along.

[ZippyDSMlee]

After the anti-scientology protest yesterday, my anonymous comrades and I rickrolled a whole bunch of people on the train by suddenly bursting into song. Best part was, some random guy sitting next to me started singing along.

The infection is spreading :X

[Kincyr]

The infection is spreading :X
if the point of rickrolling is to piss someone off, soon it will be impossible

[Hannah]

if the point of rickrolling is to piss someone off, soon it will be impossible

I don't know of anyone who actually gets pissed upon hearing that song. I'm quite fond of it, personally.

[BlackIce, British Commie]

I don't know of anyone who actually gets pissed upon hearing that song. I'm quite fond of it, personally.

It's funny because it's so ****.

[Hannah]

It's funny because it's so ****.

And by **** you mean awesome, I assume.

[BlackIce, British Commie]

And by **** you mean awesome, I assume.

*Thinks*

Sure, why not?

[d.vel.oper]

*Thinks*

Sure, why not?

No, but for real. At least let registered users get passed the spam filter. If you need help with some PHP whitelist/blacklist logic, I can probably whip something up, not too experienced with WP though.

[Kincyr]

Jack CC'd some letters on the mainsite again. I wonder if Dennis has any mainsite job openings for trollslayers...