Comments on: Troll Hack, Global Ignore, Tachy Goes to Coventry… and When to Use Them http://www.managingcommunities.com/2009/09/14/troll-hack-global-ignore-tachy-goes-to-coventry-and-when-to-use-them/ Community Manager Blog: Battle Tested Community Management Solutions Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kenny http://www.managingcommunities.com/2009/09/14/troll-hack-global-ignore-tachy-goes-to-coventry-and-when-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-62150 Kenny Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:44:13 +0000 http://www.managingcommunities.com/?p=570#comment-62150 Trolls recently cause nightmare on my community website, forcing me to implement a very sneaky coventry ban system based on IP address. Even if the troll logins using a different account but the same IP address, he will still see his banned messages and so do not suspect he was banned. Even if he changes IP address, I use a Flash cookie (which is conveniently cross-browser and not well-known) to know he is banned and also ban the new IP. As an added measure, if Flash cookie is disabled, I deny access to the site. I guess you can go further and use browser cookie, but I think this is sneaky enough for most trolls, lol. He has to be a hacker to figure this all out. Trolls recently cause nightmare on my community website, forcing me to implement a very sneaky coventry ban system based on IP address.

Even if the troll logins using a different account but the same IP address, he will still see his banned messages and so do not suspect he was banned.

Even if he changes IP address, I use a Flash cookie (which is conveniently cross-browser and not well-known) to know he is banned and also ban the new IP.

As an added measure, if Flash cookie is disabled, I deny access to the site. I guess you can go further and use browser cookie, but I think this is sneaky enough for most trolls, lol. He has to be a hacker to figure this all out.

]]> By: Don’t Ban People From Your Forums, They Can Just Come Back » ManagingCommunities.com http://www.managingcommunities.com/2009/09/14/troll-hack-global-ignore-tachy-goes-to-coventry-and-when-to-use-them/comment-page-1/#comment-21366 Don’t Ban People From Your Forums, They Can Just Come Back » ManagingCommunities.com Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:33:35 +0000 http://www.managingcommunities.com/?p=570#comment-21366 [...] efforts to improve and innovate and you should check out the resources for your specific software. Troll hacks, global ignore, Tachy Goes to Coventry and similar can be very effective. You can also report the worst of the worst to their [...] [...] efforts to improve and innovate and you should check out the resources for your specific software. Troll hacks, global ignore, Tachy Goes to Coventry and similar can be very effective. You can also report the worst of the worst to their [...]

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