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She's freaking me out.
Topic Started: Jan 8 2008, 07:03 PM (822 Views)
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Yes, this is a suggestion and a threat, i can't stand Lady Scarlet anymore, she spams, she's the most spammy member and she has been registering a lot of accounts just to spam, or you ban that *****'s IP address or i leave PT. :angry: :angry:

I nkow this may seem like it won't affect anyone, but, if i leave, make sure i won't be inviting people to this forum,. i think you have forgiven her too much, but i can't stand it anymore, or she leaves or i do.


I already used the SPAM feature, and i'll wait patiently for the admins to take action, but, if this spam attack is ignored, then i'll leave.

How do i know Lady Scarlet 1 is Lady Scarlet? Well, just look at the usernames, and check the IP address. I bet that it's hers. Anyway, she was Mirielle and she's Lady Scarlet 1, she just posts SPAM as i said before.

Also, limit the use of the forum boards to members, you can let guests check the posts, but, please adjust it in a way that only members can post. I've been admin of an invisionfree forums before and you can put that feature on. :o
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Princess_Daisy, I actually have to agree with you on this. I still remember that crazy spam that was inappropiately posted here, and I have to admit as a guy that it did offend me a LOT.

I know you're upset towards this. If this ever happens, I would strongly suggest you using the "report" button or maybe even better, to PM one of the admins.
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MB, with the SPAM feature i meant the Report function.
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Sorry if this comes across as a little heated, but I don't really see how a 3 hour response time to a problem calls for severe outrage and leaving the forums. Having just checked my inbox, all the Reports people have made have been dealt with accordingly by me. Please just have a little more patience for an admin to come around and take care of business like this, even if it means waiting a few hours or so.

Secondly, Lady Scarlet was using the guest function to post, rather than logging in under her account. How this was even possible given the permissions I have set on all the forums, I have NO idea, since I have already restricted the permissions such that guests are not allowed to post on any forum. Further to the point, by the time I am made aware of these occurrences, everything has already been deleted and the user banned, meaning I am not able to check IP addresses, e-mail addresses or other information to find any correlation to a single user attack. That is more case in point that Other admins are doing work here, and having just checked the logs, admins ARE banning IPs and e-mail addresses, so do not think this is going unnoticed.

In the meantime, I am going to have to resort to locking out this forum to members only access, so everyone will have to log in to see the forums from now on. Furthermore, I shall activate Admin authentication of all new members and take the necessary action towards Lady Scarlet. I feel strong disappointment and regret in having to do this, since a more open and less restrictive forum is often more inviting to new members, but I am left with no alternative. -_-
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Chaz Ashley
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Toadsiliwraith
Jan 8 2008, 09:54 PM
Sorry if this comes across as a little heated, but I don't really see how a 3 hour response time to a problem calls for severe outrage and leaving the forums. Having just checked my inbox, all the Reports people have made have been dealt with accordingly by me. Please just have a little more patience for an admin to come around and take care of business like this, even if it means waiting a few hours or so.

Secondly, Lady Scarlet was using the guest function to post, rather than logging in under her account. How this was even possible given the permissions I have set on all the forums, I have NO idea, since I have already restricted the permissions such that guests are not allowed to post on any forum. Further to the point, by the time I am made aware of these occurrences, everything has already been deleted and the user banned, meaning I am not able to check IP addresses, e-mail addresses or other information to find any correlation to a single user attack. That is more case in point that Other admins are doing work here, and having just checked the logs, admins ARE banning IPs and e-mail addresses, so do not think this is going unnoticed.

In the meantime, I am going to have to resort to locking out this forum to members only access, so everyone will have to log in to see the forums from now on. Furthermore, I shall activate Admin authentication of all new members and take the necessary action towards Lady Scarlet. I feel strong disappointment and regret in having to do this, since a more open and less restrictive forum is often more inviting to new members, but I am left with no alternative. -_-

Well apparently these 2 posts were obviously detected as spam that Lady Scarlet had posted. Posts that had nothing but junk in it. I'm sure you admins got the report I made using the report button. Just in case you didn't get these, I'll PM you instead if something goes wrong.
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I received alerts (thank you whoever reported) and took care of any offending posts I found, and I saw Zach online as well. I'm assuming he issued a ban on the problem users because it shows them as unregistered. I think these 'lady scarlet' spammers (not the real Lady Scarlet) were the same person, because they showed up at the same time and their posts looked similar...however they had different IPs :huh:. Anyway I can assure you Princess Daisy that the issue was dealt with as quickly as was possible.
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i dunno looking at the posts it looked like they were designed to make fun of her, and why would someone want to do that to themselves?
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Rade
Jan 9 2008, 05:41 AM
i dunno looking at the posts it looked like they were designed to make fun of her, and why would someone want to do that to themselves?

You'd be surprised actually at some actions people can/have done. I've been around quite a few forums and i've seen some interesting stories.
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I think Lady_Scarlet spams and goes way off topic most of the time. Her replies to various topics around the forum are usually of NO relevance to the original topic.
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Often, it's possible to use different IP adresses. If someone's got two computers in the house, they can create two different accounts and log on each using the different machines. More likely, groups of friends mass attack a site using their own separate machines.

The best way to tell if someone has two acounts is to check the grammar of their posts. Even if they attempt to disguise it, you can still see the similarity if you look hard enough.
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LizardGenes
Jan 9 2008, 09:56 AM
Often, it's possible to use different IP adresses. If someone's got two computers in the house, they can create two different accounts and log on each using the different machines. More likely, groups of friends mass attack a site using their own separate machines.

The best way to tell if someone has two acounts is to check the grammar of their posts. Even if they attempt to disguise it, you can still see the similarity if you look hard enough.

True, i don't know if you have noticed, but my IP changes every day.

Anyway, i hope this doesn't happen again, if LS attacks again, i'm leaving until she dissappears, for now, i'll try to be more tolerant, except with LS. :angry:

I suggest you lock this topic, and continue with PT's normal activity, i apologize for my behavior, i know it may have been childish, but i've put up with too much LS crap.

Also, i suggest you put the forum in fanlistings or Top 50 or 100 listings. :)
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True, i don't know if you have noticed, but my IP changes every day.

Exactly, most people have dynamic IP addresses, i.e. their IP changes every time they boot their machine...rendering IP bans alone ineffective.

And to reiterate what LizardGenes said it's not uncommon nowadays for people to have more then one computer in their house, which makes it pretty easy for friends to get together and 'gang up' on a website. This would also explain the similar grammar style (or lack there of) but different IP addresses...they could easily be the same person on two different machines.
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I think Lady Scarlet goes off topic a lot but she dosen't freak me out. As said before, IP bans don't always work as this is the internet and there are ways around these things. The best thing is to be vigilant or ignore any spammers or trolls you see.

That is all.
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Sigurd
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Yeah, IP bans are ineffective nowadays. Unless you ban the entire IP range, but that could affect other users that have nothing to do with the troublemaker. And even if you ban the range, there are proxies to fake your IP address (I use them daily).
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Maybe, as most of you have said, we should just try and ignore L_S. If that doesn't work (i.e. she's an attention seeker, (which she doesn't seem to be)), then what do we do?
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