| Controlling Hateful comments = IP address banning | Dyl26 | 5/5/12 11:30 AM | I've had an Issue with a youtube member posting hateful comments on my videos such as "get off you tube you gay faggot". I blocked the user and reported the user to youtube however all youtube did was delete their comments. Their accounts were still |
| Re: Controlling Hateful comments = IP address banning | JDoors | 5/5/12 12:11 PM | If you had a general understanding of how an IP address is assigned you would understand why it is not a viable solution. Your ISP provider assigns an address when you connect, so just disconnet, reconnect, and you have a new, unblocked address. Prox |
| Re: Controlling Hateful comments = IP address banning | anmoose | 5/5/12 12:14 PM | You would benefit from learning a little about IP addresses and "IP banning." IP banning is a very old myth that has had no basis in fact for over a decade. Almost all Internet users are connected to their providers using dynamic IP addresses; e.g. a |
| Re: Controlling Hateful comments = IP address banning | PoiMage | 5/5/12 6:22 PM | IP banning is something Youtube should have done back in 2005. Now that the site has gotten more people, it's too late in my opinion to blacklist IP addresses from suspected spammers and networks, because this will also affect those who are using sha |
| Re: Controlling Hateful comments = IP address banning | anmoose | 5/5/12 7:57 PM | Blocking / banning IP addresses would have been exactly as useless, and exactly as disruptive in 2005 as it is today. |