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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 29560" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>Political and/or religious issues discussions attract this stuff, and social forums frequented by younger people (like some of our difficult children!).</p><p></p><p>One board I was on was devoted to discussion about certain cultural/political/religious issues; the members of another board organized and carried on an attack that shut it down for awhile. The other forum was moderated too, but the mods were part of the problem!! The admin on the victim forum did some sleuthing, discovered who the "moles" were, and banned logins from their IP addresses. Some of them re-registered from other computers (library, schools) but there is software that can analyse language patterns and uncover sockpuppets, so most of them were ferreted out and banned too, eventually.</p><p></p><p>I do like this site for the absence of sniping and backbiting. I think it's because of the ethic of mutual support, as has been mentioned.</p><p></p><p>In other words, you people are the best!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 29560, member: 3485"] Political and/or religious issues discussions attract this stuff, and social forums frequented by younger people (like some of our difficult children!). One board I was on was devoted to discussion about certain cultural/political/religious issues; the members of another board organized and carried on an attack that shut it down for awhile. The other forum was moderated too, but the mods were part of the problem!! The admin on the victim forum did some sleuthing, discovered who the "moles" were, and banned logins from their IP addresses. Some of them re-registered from other computers (library, schools) but there is software that can analyse language patterns and uncover sockpuppets, so most of them were ferreted out and banned too, eventually. I do like this site for the absence of sniping and backbiting. I think it's because of the ethic of mutual support, as has been mentioned. In other words, you people are the best! [/QUOTE]
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