Journal Trolling4Dollars's Journal: Is Anoymous Coward REALLY anonymous? 3
Of course Slashdot has the ability to ban by IP address if a user's posts get moderated negatively in a short period of time, but how far are they willing to go to reveal the identity of a user? How are they willing to use the IP address info (and possibly user id) to prevent abuse?
I raise the question because recently, I've posted some way over the top trolls as an AC that have gotten moderated down very quickly. What I then noticed was that shortly after doing so and getting the negative mods in quick succession, was that I would lose the ability to post any more in the specific story I had just trolled. This would last about 20-30 minutes, then normal posting owuld resume. Which leads me to believe that Taco and company are working out new anti-troll methods. Has anyone else noticed this?
I also wonder whether or not a troll who posts something of questionable legality as an AC (link to illegal data, a threat to a public official, etc...) is really that anonymous. It used to be in the old days that anyone could say anything or post anything they wanted on Usenet and there were no repercussions. But with today's litiginous society and post 9/11 terror fears, you have to wonder if anyone has made certain types of posts on public forums (even posted anonymously) illegal. If so... then it is a sad day for pranksters and agitators. Does anyone know if things posted anonymously on a public (privately owned) board like this are subject to various laws? IANAL and I expect that none of my
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AC posting isn't anonymous (Score:2)
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Not anymore. - http://www.google-watch.org/bigbro.html [google-watch.org]