Help us take back control of our Forum!

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    miketv77 · Member ·

    I’m helping a friend out with his site.
    There are several bad apples using multiple names and wreaking havoc.
    We may just remove the forum altogether, but first I’d like to try and take back control of the reigns.
    What tools do I have to try to identify people that have multiple profiles?
    I was told the following:
    1) Same email is an easy one – but they usually use different emails.
    2) IP address – how do I check that? But I’m told they can still use a proxy IP?
    Other options?

    Thanks

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    timethief · Member ·

    I’m helping a friend out with his site.

    Assuming that person has a free hosted WordPress.com blog and they are over the required age of 13 years have him or her take care of their own business please. Working through others is NOT a good plan.,

    We cannot block or delete subscribers from public blogs. Anyone and everyone can access public blogs and that’s indeed what the public designation means. However, please read this about public blogs that become private blogs > Blog Privacy and Subscribers > http://wpcommaven.wordpress.com/2011/09/05/blog-privacy-and-subscribers/

    Note that you have complete control comment moderation. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation If your blog is public others can, of course, read it and they can submit comments but you can Moderate all comments and choose which ones to approve or not.

    I suggest you set your blog so that first time commenters are held in moderation until their first comment is approved, then from that point forward they will not need approval. Settings > Discussion. The next step up is to set it so that all comments are held in moderation until approved. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/

    Mark only spam as spam http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/01/24/mark-only-spam-as-spam/ and delete all troll comments. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/how-to-starve-a-troll/

    For trolls, you can “blacklist” them at Settings > Discussion toward the bottom of that page. Enter their email address, their username, and if they included it, their website URL. That will automatically send them to moderation so that their comments do not appear on the blog. Do note though that if they are determined, they can use a different email address or username to get around that.

    Also, do not put their IP address in the blacklist. IP addresses are no longer unique, and you might end up blocking legitimate visitors. Also, all they would have to do is go to a wi-fi hot spot, or connect via a different ISP and they could get around that.

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