Based on the streetcar thread, it seems obvious that "GoCOAST" has come back as "GoCincyCOAST."  I am sure it is just a matter of time before they are banned again.  Does the site have the ability to ban users by IP address, to prevent recurring abuses from the same people?

We do, but there is a particular problem in this case and I cannot discuss it publically.  But don't worry about GoCincyCoast, he'll be dealt with.

^That's cool.  I brought it up because I have been on other boards where they apparently are incapable of it, and it just gets old seeing the same thing crop up under different names again and again. 

 

Thanks for the quick response (and the good work running the site). 

A problem that is often run in to is people using the internet on public computers. This would include libraries or workplaces. I'm not familiar with our local troll, so I can only speculate.

Another problem with IP bans is some ISPs assign dynamic IPs, meaning it changes each time someone connects with the ISP's server.

Another problem is that many companies filter all outbound traffic through one IP, so multiple people could appear to have the same IP.

A problem that is often run in to is people using the internet on public computers. This would include libraries or workplaces. I'm not familiar with our local troll, so I can only speculate.

 

Isn't it ironic that the anti-everythings blast taxpayer funding, but have no problem in using taxpayer-funded computer systems, utilities, connections, buildings etc. at libraries and other public places. They probably even used taxpayer funded streets and roads to get there! What they need is a taxpayer-funded enema.

I think the United Kingdom had the right idea by shipping all their political crackpots, religious nuts, and criminals to overseas colonies. (Alas, those colonies grew up and became their own countries, and we now live in one of them.)