IMDb2 owner: He can see your IPs - General Discussion Discussion

Who do you know from Estonia?

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[–] God (311) 7 years ago

A former moderator from IMDb2 showed me this screenshot. This was when IMDb2 was new. They got rid of him

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Good information to be aware of. Most IPs route through a local station though making narrowing them down to addresses or even neighbourhoods very difficult.

There are also those who use proxies when on the Internet to hide their IP too.

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[–] God (311) 7 years ago

Yes but they can also see your email

i have reported cyberbullying here https://www.proboards.com/report-abuse

http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/7236/trolls-openly-fun-gullible-user?page=4

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[–] JohnC (3) 7 years ago

"A former moderator from IMDb2 showed me this screenshot."

Silly Ben. That's not even a screenshot from IMDB2.

Bridge, Ben. Bridge. Build one.

-John

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[–] Traveler (211) 7 years ago

Every admin on every site can see your IP.
Welcome to the Internet.

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[–] Gameboy (77) 7 years ago

Admin of that site is a former imdb troll, and he also knows your emails.

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[–] Traveler (211) 7 years ago

Of course he does, he's an admin.
The fact that he is a former troll is the problem, not that he has access to such informations (that's the perks of owning a website).

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[–] Gameboy (77) 7 years ago

It's too bad that users are still stuck there. They will learn.

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[–] Gameboy (77) 7 years ago

They ban you and it doesn't show that you were banned. Other people think that the user is still active and isnt posting

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[–] Traveler (211) 7 years ago

It's called a "shadow ban". (Edit: It isn't!)
Very effective against trolls, but if that guy is an asshole he's probably playing with that option.

Wait, I misunderstood... It's just a dick move then.

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[–] Gameboy (77) 7 years ago

It's not effective. It would be like committing a holocaust and then removing any traces so that people never find out !

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[–] Traveler (211) 7 years ago

Nah it's on me, I misunderstood your comment.
Yeah it's a dickish behavior.

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[–] Gameboy (77) 7 years ago

Yep

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[–] Popcorn Kernel (2368) 7 years ago

Traveler 4 hours ago

Every admin on every site can see your IP.
Welcome to the Internet.
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exactly!
How are there still people in 2017 who are surprised by this?

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[–] wanton87 (934) 7 years ago

Exactly Traveler.

Administrators can always see your IP and email address, at least on every board that I've been a staff member on. They have to have a way to run a spam check on your IP or email prior to approval, or they will be endlessly flooded with spammers.

Most the boards that I've been a staff member on also had an extension that displayed the members IP next to their profile.

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[–] Popcorn Kernel (2368) 7 years ago

I don't post there, but it's pretty standard for any message board admin to be able to see IPs of the posters. It's a standard feature. You should assume that jim can also see ours, I would be very surprised if he couldn't.
Unless that other board owner is making that info public, then he is violating the TOU of whatever message board platform he is using.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I've noticed several threads about IMDb2 yesterday and today.

Nothing wrong with giving people a heads up, in case they use another board too, but I have no interest in a them vs us type of vibe.

In fact, seeing some of that on tMDb is one of the things that turned me off about that site.

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[–] 9 (1235) 7 years ago

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Exactly. Discussing the merits or lack of features of other sites is fine, smack-talking about them, not so much.

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[–] Popcorn Kernel (2368) 7 years ago

Agree. Warning people is okay but then let's get back to doing our own thing. I have been though enough board wars, not interested in that whatsoever.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Seriously. Who needs board wars? It's just a bunch of useless drama. I want to talk about films and shows, and some general chat.

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[–] JohnC (3) 7 years ago

"Seriously. Who needs board wars? It's just a bunch of useless drama."

Indeed. I've been saying that all along:

"I honestly have no interest in any kind of personal gain, nor am I going to partake in what appears to be some sort of cut-throat competition for membership." (Feb 8, 2017)

http://imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/873/site

-John

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Good for you. People will naturally be drawn to whichever board(s) where they feel most at home. It's ridiculous to have some kind of board competition. There's plenty of room for different boards.

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[–] Gameboy (77) 7 years ago

That loser can't even buy a domain. Proboards is about shut down that crappy site. He is sending posters like Senor to spread lies about this site.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I don't care about whether or not he's bought a domain. Why do you?

I have no way of knowing if Senor's thread was legit or not, and it doesn't matter. Lots of people pointed out the increase in activity here, so in the end it served a good purpose. That's all that matters.

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[–] Gameboy (77) 7 years ago

I don't care if you don't care. He is using underhanded tactics and i am a former marine i know how to deal with enemies

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

I don't care. He's not an enemy. We're talking about movie/TV message boards here. Take a few breaths and chill, dude, all is well :)

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[–] Pinky (69) 7 years ago

If you don't care then don't post in these threads!

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

Someone has to be the voice of reason ;p

Luckily there are several others. As far as I can see, you, Gameboy, and a couple others are fanning the flames of a stupid drama that has no place here, or reason for it.

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[–] Pinky (69) 7 years ago

We are preventing them from coming here and advertising their site pretending to be users who are complaining about supposed lack of activity here.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

No, you're just causing a lot of drama.

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[–] Pinky (69) 7 years ago

No we are just telling users not to believe their lies.

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[–] Catbookss (13664) 7 years ago

You just joined this site today!

Up until this absurdity erupted today, there were a whole TWO threads that MIGHT (or might not) have been started by someone from another board. There's no proof that's the case.

Both threads had been handled, by many existing posters here, myself included, pointing out that yes, traffic and posts and posters are growing here.

Now you just want to make this a big deal, when it's not. That's all you're doing. It's not helping anything or anyone, least of all MovieChat.

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[–] Pinky (69) 7 years ago

You think it is not helping moviechat. You are wrong. We are not the ones going. They are coming here. I discovered moviechat through google. Also, i have observed the other site and i agree with the people who are warning us about that place and their users.

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[–] Gameboy (77) 7 years ago

Yeah that is why you are banning anyone who doesn't kiss your ass. Fuck off moron and don't promote your shitty site here. You cannot even afford to buy a domain for yourself.

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[–] StonerWithaBoner (53) 7 years ago

only creeps watch well IP

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