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Old 12-18-2009, 08:42 AM   #24
Madman
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Blocking the IP is about it. Then if they're on a Proxy server you have to block all the IP's. Then you have the problem of them changing their IP address (most people don't know how to do that). Or they change internet providers or get a new PC.

Admin will have little icons next to each post a member makes. One of those icons identify the IP address. Also, that little section where that Drop Down menu is (Quick Links), if admin clicks on "Whose Online" it will not only show who's online but will show the IP address. Admin can also tell who has multiple IP's by doing a specific search on a name and vice versa. IP's are sometimes guesswork. You can have a sockpuppet ID and get away with it if you create accounts from different PC's in different locations. However, once you compromise one of those accounts with the "other" name - then you've been busted. Alternate accounts is, in my opinion, a waste of time. You're you no matter how many names you put on it. The personality doesn't change even though the name does.
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