On 2003-03-03 22:17:00, METALGOD8 wrote:
"Well, I'd like to say one thing about control. I have no choice here. I am an unfortunate subscriber to an ISP that Fornits administrators have barred from making anonymous posts. I suppose I get a little annoyed when I see anonymous posts, I'd love to make a few now and then. :smokin: "
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First, there is no ISP wide ban on anon posting. There is only one ISP that had been banned, and those people can not even read the goings on here.
Second, I have changed the method of how a person gets band so that whole ISPs (proxy servers) do not get banned anymore. The ban time has been lowered to 2 hours. And th only people that get banned by the filter are Anon posters, where we get a lot of SPAM and crap from.
When a user is banned we are doing it by setting a cookie. So if you get banned as an anon user, you will also be banned with your regular login for the ban duration (2 hours), or unless you manipulate your cookies.
As far as forcing people to create an account in order to post, I refuse to do this unless it is for a "Private" forum. Personally I like a nice open atmosphere, and if it weren't for abusers FUCKING things up for the rest of us, I would have never put restrictions on what is posted.
If you REALLY want to know EXACTLY how the ban filter works, let me know and I will tell you privately (depending on who you are :wink: ). But there are details that I would rather not post, so the ASS HOLES can take advantage. However I will say that the filter is more stringent on Anon the registered users.