(update 10/11/10) Sockpuppet Ad bump accounts.

[coctailer]

If I told then people would have to invent new excuses... ......but Zack's post wasn't far off the mark.

I've invented new punishments.

 

[spengo]

If I told then people would have to invent new excuses... ......but Zack's post wasn't far off the mark.

It could be a social experiment. Tell everyone what the excuses are and then in a couple months make another post that tells us the NEW percentage of people who still use those same excuses! (5 bux says it doesn't change)

 

[Trlsmn]

I've invented new punishments.

LMAO! Bravo sir!

 

[Trlsmn]

It could be a social experiment. Tell everyone what the excuses are and then in a couple months make another post that tells us the NEW percentage of people who still use those same excuses! (5 bux says it doesn't change)

I'm pretty certain I would lose that bet.

 

[dragonsden73]

 

[deen_ad]

We underestimate our furry friends, they are in fact in a world wide conspiracy to take over, and they are using the internet!

seven (7) cats. Can I get one account for each? Although the youngest might be (at 21 weeks) too young for a gun forum!!

Deen
NRA Benefactor/Recruiter
WAC Member
SWWAC Member

 

[sweetbeard]

Rule number 1

never buy sell or trade guns with anyone who has ever been banned from NWFA!

 

[Frog]

Rule number 1

never buy sell or trade guns with anyone who has ever been banned from NWFA!

 

[dragonsden73]

Rule number 1

never buy sell or trade guns with anyone who has ever been banned from NWFA!

Geez dude....no sense of adventure

 

[Trlsmn]

Rule number 1

never buy sell or trade guns with anyone who has ever been banned from NWFA!

That rules me out....

 

[ZeroRing]

Rule number 1

never buy sell or trade guns with anyone who has ever been banned from NWFA!

That rules me out....

UNLESS you are a mod... (check out his one post-ban trade rating).

 

[deen_ad]

IP's are not the only tool in my Box. Proxies in themselves can be a big clue to a sock puppet account.

several sites, any new users that come through a proxy site are banned as a matter of course. If I can't trace the IP then they don't belong on my sites.

Deen
NRA Benefactor/Recruiter
WAC Member
SWWAC Member

 

[Silver Fox]

Rule number 1

never buy sell or trade guns with anyone who has ever been banned from NWFA!

+1 for the sock puppet wall of shame!

SF-

 

[trainsktg]

Sockpuppet. I learned a new word today.

I guess I too am showing my age.

Keith

 

[C&H]

several sites, any new users that come through a proxy site are banned as a matter of course. If I can't trace the IP then they don't belong on my sites.

Really?
So you only allow phone calls from a whitelist of approved numbers?
I used a proxy frequently, sometimes for work purposes (gotta make sure the sites are handling geo-location decently, with best guesses and special pages for proxies). Sometimes I use a proxy when browsing, just for privacy - nothing wrong with that.

What about the cheap jerks out there who use wifi from the old neighbors who haven't turned on any security? How much is that IP gonna tell you?

Additionally, there are other ways and reasons to have an IP that isn't tied to your current location. For instance, when traveling, I may use free wifi to work or browse - but if I'm concerned about the connection or will be conducting financial transactions, I'll SSH into a home or work computer, then tunnel my connection and browse that way. That's a proxy, but not a proxy service - though it wouldn't take a genius to exploit a few semi-random computers and chain them together and have a wholly legitimate looking IP while being proxied several times over.

 

[oasis618]

Can I change my member name to Sockpuppet?

 

[Trlsmn]

In the end it's really just about keeping the Classifieds honest and respectable not about banning members or punishing members. If a member gets caught bumping an ad with a sockpuppet does that make him a bad guy or a scammer? No, not in my book, it just means he's being selfish.

 

[Trlsmn]

Can I change my member name to Sockpuppet?

 

[oasis618]

Is that a yes?

 

[Trlsmn]

Is that a yes?

You would need to PM Joey Link and ask him, I don't have the controls to change user names, which is probably a good thing, who knows what devious names I could come up with...