When information is sent by computers, the IP address is sent with it. I used that fact to track people who were revising database information for a program that I wrote for a large school system 20 years ago. My code tracked the IP address of the work station, date, time and the submitted/revised information so that we could narrow down who was switching work stations and degrading the system’s information.
When you submit a comment to any site, the same information is transmitted. A VPN is a workaround to this if you want to remain anonymous or are trolling. Last night, I received a comment that was completely out of line for content and language. I blacklisted the commenter’s IP address and the system deleted an additional 139 comments that he submitted using a different name.
You may have seen comments here stating that people are making $92 per hour and the associated websites where you too can sign up. These people first make a comment that is approved and then they are allowed to submit their ads without approval. Although their first comments are usually short and innocuous, their pattern is similar which allows us to reduce their number. However, we may delete some new commenters as we err on the side of caution.
Be patient, submit cogent arguments with your comments and reduce the foul language if you want to make your point. Also watch your spelling and spell checking “updates”. I had skidsteer switched to sisters this week. It appears that spell checkers are gender fluid.
David DeGerolamo
