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47. There are ways to get around IP checks

Reply to IDemo (Reply #38)

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 02:40 PM

Mar 2015

This guy knows them

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MIRT has banned the same troll 50 times in the past 5 hours... [View all] SidDithers Mar 2015 OP

Bet I can guess which one! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #1

WSDR! cyberswede Mar 2015 #30

So I figured. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #102

That was my guess!!! Sissyk Mar 2015 #135

There's several good candidates. Scuba Mar 2015 #39

cyberswede confirmed it was the one I thought. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #103

BICYCLE!!!! BICYCLE!!! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2015 #123

And we're missing out on the action. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #124

I wouldn't exactly say I'm "missing" it! ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2015 #125

I just wish I could help out today. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #126

Ya think I brought them over with me? trumad Mar 2015 #2

they love you trumad, they want to be near you steve2470 Mar 2015 #27

LOL! freshwest Mar 2015 #35

It's the nature of the beast... 2naSalit Mar 2015 #63

wading in the petri dish.... BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #80

LOL!! 2naSalit Mar 2015 #84

Those are scary! Enthusiast Mar 2015 #100

Ha, love it mountain grammy Mar 2015 #115

Give this man a cigar and a full body scan. ;-) leveymg Mar 2015 #81

Yep Cirque du So-What Mar 2015 #82

It's tout de suite Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2015 #173

Mais oui! Cirque du So-What Mar 2015 #174

Very likely. MynameisBlarney Mar 2015 #89

. Orsino Mar 2015 #3

Mario in Real-Time? Really? nt icymist Mar 2015 #17

Oh, I get it. Orsino Mar 2015 #28

It is explained on this page of DU Moderating system, Jurors, Hosts, MIRT uppityperson Mar 2015 #33

We've got a cabal! Orsino Mar 2015 #37

Yup, terms are 3 months, can re-up for another 3 usually, call for volunteers will be in Announcemen uppityperson Mar 2015 #44

Cool, a cabal! TrollBuster9090 Mar 2015 #94

Then they'd be cabaljeros. mahina Mar 2015 #160

Exactly! TrollBuster9090 Mar 2015 #170

Stands for Malicious Intruder Removal Team. icymist Mar 2015 #34

Sounds more official than Troll Patrol nxylas Mar 2015 #56

The DU Cleanup Crew meow2u3 Mar 2015 #128

some of them are persistent little shits. one_voice Mar 2015 #4

Like fish in a barrell... Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #5

Wow. HappyMe Mar 2015 #6

Killing my inbox! zappaman Mar 2015 #7

Is that the racist, misogynist troll? BainsBane Mar 2015 #8

yup uppityperson Mar 2015 #11

Saw him this morning on the first posts thing, though not recently. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #15

Yup...also homophobic and anti-Semitic. Behind the Aegis Mar 2015 #12

Indeed it is. zappaman Mar 2015 #14

He's remarkably persistent BainsBane Mar 2015 #22

Ha! zappaman Mar 2015 #60

Don't we all? cyberswede Mar 2015 #62

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #67

Aaaaand "Posting Privileges Revoked" at 12:01 p.m. Hekate Mar 2015 #68

what a sad little person RussBLib Mar 2015 #19

He's a former DUer BainsBane Mar 2015 #32

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #41

Do you know who it is? uppityperson Mar 2015 #45

No, I don't BainsBane Mar 2015 #46

51 uppityperson Mar 2015 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author SidDithers Mar 2015 #13

Damn, I've never seen that page look that way. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #18

I did. The day Chelsea Manning was found guilty and one night with dtg. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #42

I slept through that one. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #106

I have to say that was the lowest point for me here on DU. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #108

It was ugly. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #110

Those were the days we got tos jury results and that day it was one after another. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #112

And so it should have been! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #113

He thought that "hirsute feminazi" wouldn't get noticed? That clown ... 11 Bravo Mar 2015 #21

He called me the foulest thing one day BainsBane Mar 2015 #53

Sounds like DU's collective IQ went up a few points when he got bounced. 11 Bravo Mar 2015 #55

You know it's going to be bad sharp_stick Mar 2015 #92

Not hard to figure out from whence this troll comes. nt stevenleser Mar 2015 #23

That individual can NEVER eat all those pizzas. riqster Mar 2015 #87

LOL! Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #66

Geez! Spazito Mar 2015 #10

Well, that one isn't LG tkmorris Mar 2015 #29

It boggles my mind that anyone would be so obsessed, it is beyond.. Spazito Mar 2015 #43

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #175

I will likely do the next term again. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #16

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #20

We have super mind powers but the hot tub was left on DU2 so we have to make do with uppityperson Mar 2015 #52

Nice post, Kreskin. cyberswede Mar 2015 #65

Sorry. I didn't mention the uppityperson Mar 2015 #76

That's ok... cyberswede Mar 2015 #77

weren't you going to borrow mine? niyad Mar 2015 #154

ooooo, but does it have a chip filter? uppityperson Mar 2015 #157

only the best for MIRT niyad Mar 2015 #169

10 trolls an hour. drm604 Mar 2015 #74

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #137

Why would you do it that way? drm604 Mar 2015 #139

I detect... Cirque du So-What Mar 2015 #86

They lost their job to a better-qualified Black Jewish Lesbian arcane1 Mar 2015 #93

A transgender, liberal one at that! Katashi_itto Mar 2015 #159

I've never worked MIRT Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #24

You should try it - TBF Mar 2015 #71

How do you sign up? Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #73

Earl G puts a thread in announcements about a week TBF Mar 2015 #75

Team NSA??? HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #25

No, we are paid for that. MIRT is completely voluntary. nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #49

Sorry if I was unclear, I meant all the sock puppets HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #57

I was just having a laugh.....nt msanthrope Mar 2015 #58

track his ip and cut off his head? (contact his ISP and he will lose his internet service) Sunlei Mar 2015 #26

Some are more savvy and post from TBF Mar 2015 #72

Would have to have 50+ different active email addresses? Imagine the work in that NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #31

Not only that, how dumb the person has to be. This is someone who knows DU and knows we have MIRT stevenleser Mar 2015 #36

There is more to it, though...worthy of a thread I think but here is what it is NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #40

Or, post "I don't hate women or black people", IDemo Mar 2015 #50

Or the amount of 'pay per post' revenue? freshwest Mar 2015 #54

ID by IP? IDemo Mar 2015 #38

There are ways to get around IP checks ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #47

Yeah, I know IDemo Mar 2015 #51

It's the same person BainsBane Mar 2015 #48

So what I hear you saying is that MIRT is slacking off? Gormy Cuss Mar 2015 #59

They must be doing a great job because this is the Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #70

That's ok DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #61

I thought you had to knit sock puppets... Wounded Bear Mar 2015 #69

Is that a record? n/t 2naSalit Mar 2015 #64

When all a troll have to do is sit in his mother's basement and clean his ass with a fingernail... Agnosticsherbet Mar 2015 #78

Constantly logging on with the same IP address? villager Mar 2015 #79

MIRT doesn't see the IP TBF Mar 2015 #88

I would assume, if they thought they were "clever," they'd use VPN villager Mar 2015 #90

Probably style of writing TBF Mar 2015 #96

Wow! sheshe2 Mar 2015 #83

Makes library girl look tame. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #85

there is some website where clowns like that obsess over folks at DU rurallib Mar 2015 #91

if it is the one i am thinking, he probably lives there. mopinko Mar 2015 #132

stalkers basically rurallib Mar 2015 #140

stalkers exactly. mopinko Mar 2015 #153

I'm assuming you mean..... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2015 #168

How can you tell it's the same person? iandhr Mar 2015 #95

You came from San Fransiscky? Did you drive or did you flew? TrollBuster9090 Mar 2015 #97

What a sad, little person this must be to spend so much time trying to annoy people. Arkansas Granny Mar 2015 #98

I cannot begin to imagine what it's like to have that much time on one's hands. tenderfoot Mar 2015 #99

Maybe I should serve a term. I've never been wrong on a 'troll spotting'. ColesCountyDem Mar 2015 #101

You would be great. i have done it 4 times and enjoyed it. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #121

Could you inbox me some information, please? ColesCountyDem Mar 2015 #138

Watch the Announcements forum the last week or so of April uppityperson Mar 2015 #143

Thank you! n/t ColesCountyDem Mar 2015 #147

Applause to MIRT... Dont call me Shirley Mar 2015 #104

Post removed Post removed Mar 2015 #105

Censorship. LOL... SidDithers Mar 2015 #107

There's a troll on FB who has set up dozens of fake pages - blm Mar 2015 #176

If you want to read a bunch of bigoted, racist crap BainsBane Mar 2015 #111

This guy may be too much even for them! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #114

This is a private site so speech is regulated here. you agreed to these rules like we did. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #116

lol cyberswede Mar 2015 #117

Maybe you missed the terms of service you agreed to when you signed up. Link is at the bottom of uppityperson Mar 2015 #127

Ah the memories Paulie Mar 2015 #109

LG? La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2015 #118

No, the racist, sexist, homophobic, etc., troll. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #120

Can't they just blacklist his IP? Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #119

Sid, That sounds Like a job and a half. If you advertise this, no one will want to do it. nt TheBlackAdder Mar 2015 #122

Please forgive this newbie question: Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 #129

Mirt is a group of posters that volunteer to screen out trolls among new posters. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #130

The IP address can change by a person merely turning off their modem and back on again. Rex Mar 2015 #131

Thanks! N/T Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 #144

Here is the link explaining Malicious Intruder Removal Team uppityperson Mar 2015 #145

Thanks! Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 #156

the view from the bottom of the sewer mopinko Mar 2015 #133

I'm not a bit surprised Warpy Mar 2015 #134

I take it the Lemurians are agitated, today? Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #136

No, it's not her BainsBane Mar 2015 #142

I see. Well, in my experience there's only a short list that can provide that level of dedication. Warren DeMontague Mar 2015 #146

3 Cheers for MIRT! William769 Mar 2015 #141

This wouldn't be 'Buzzard' from Discussionist, would it? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2015 #148

I don't see the point in doing over something over & over JonLP24 Mar 2015 #149

It looks like number fiftyone (sic) is just waiting in the wings. Cerridwen Mar 2015 #150

It's a moo point now. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2015 #161

Please tell me you meant to type "moo" point. Cerridwen Mar 2015 #162

I never cared much for the TV show "Friends" but there were a small handful of funny scenes. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2015 #163

Ah. Thanks for the context. Perhaps you can tell, Cerridwen Mar 2015 #164

Oh, I'm familiar with Minecraft. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2015 #165

Hee hee. Yep, us "kids" gotta play. Cerridwen Mar 2015 #166

I came home from work to find nearly 50 unread DUMails in my inbox. Terra Alta Mar 2015 #151

same here Kali Mar 2015 #158

Hats off to MIRT. They do a thankless job hifiguy Mar 2015 #152

awww, I missed all the fun! niyad Mar 2015 #155

Gotta be a record of some sort. mmonk Mar 2015 #167

Having been on MIRT myself, I can guess who that is! LeftishBrit Mar 2015 #171

Someone from lower Michigan keeps getting banned? KamaAina Mar 2015 #172