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minus-squarebassomitron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·1 day agoYeah, banning by IP from such a big website is pretty silly on the site admin’s part. Tons and tons of places share 1 to a small handful of IPs (e.g. apartment complexes, school dorms, etc).
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·18 hours agoReddit still uses IP bans. It’s crazy how far behind the times some tech companies are
minus-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 day agoAlso, most people don’t even have a static ip address so they might have banned a different location altogether and the banned ip address moved.
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoAnd also a huge issue for anyone using a VPN to browse the web
minus-squareJASN_DE@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoAnd it’s still not worth the money and a lot easier to simply temp-ban via IP.
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agothis is how I manage blocks. Temporary bans unless it’s a repeat offender.
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Yeah, banning by IP from such a big website is pretty silly on the site admin’s part. Tons and tons of places share 1 to a small handful of IPs (e.g. apartment complexes, school dorms, etc).
Reddit still uses IP bans. It’s crazy how far behind the times some tech companies are
Also, most people don’t even have a static ip address so they might have banned a different location altogether and the banned ip address moved.
And also a huge issue for anyone using a VPN to browse the web
And it’s still not worth the money and a lot easier to simply temp-ban via IP.
this is how I manage blocks. Temporary bans unless it’s a repeat offender.