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In Reply to: Re: How much of this do we want to allow on our boards? posted by Farmer on March 04, 2009 at 18:47:03:
Part of the problem is when facts are well-established and then someone comes along to make us answer to them again, at the most from only a slightly different angle. Nothing new, basically. The most recent attempted nuisance posts were by someone claiming to be 14, in TF, and saying there's nothing wrong with TF. He/She was following up the post by Thinker on Nov. 21 2008.
This could be a sincere 14-yr old genuinely speaking out about something on their heart. But it is also quite likely, it's the likes of Ready Freddy (who is probably someone who was permanently banned for faking all kinds of personalities).
What we're not worried about anymore is IP-masking tricks, because anonymous newcomers can't get through anyway. We basically have a default closed door and automatic screening for all new posters, and we only add them to the safe list when we know something about who they are and that they're trustworthy. It's profiling, but hey, we have to do that in order to manage our boards, and keep them spam-free and trouble-free.
