usually if someone is outrageously annoying you report them and if they reported by many people eventually that troll's account is deleted...but they always make up a new account and start annoying us again
do you think yahoo should record the IP address instead and block it?
The IP address is a unique address for each computer...so whoever is doing it has to go elsehwere from their home to access yaho answers and it'll make things more inconvenient and harder for them to bug us!
what do you guys think?
any other ideas?
Also...usually does a person's yahoo answers account get delted or the whole yahoo id account get deleted?
2007-07-30 14:40:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Tracking the IP address would be a good start but it frequently changes for those who have dynamic IPs, such as for dialup accounts. Cookies are good for a brief time until they are deleted.
According to Yahoo! we as users are in control of reporting trolls for removal, at least for now. "In addition to our "background" efforts to take down point-gamers and trolls, we also made available to everyone the ability to block trolls."
When someone is deleted from Yahoo! Answers for abuse, their entire Yahoo! account is removed.
Section 15: TERMINATION
"Termination of your Yahoo! account includes (a) removal of access to all offerings within the Service, including but not limited to Yahoo! Mail, Groups, Messenger, Chat, Domains, Personals, Auctions, Message Boards, Greetings, Alerts and Games, (b) deletion of your password and all related information, files and content associated with or inside your account (or any part thereof), and (c) barring of further use of the Service."
Bottom Line: If someone posts inappropriate content, it is up to us as members in good standing, to report them.
2007-07-30 14:49:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IP tracking would probably not be effective, as the troll could just use a proxy site to get around the IP restriction. Also, people who use dial-up often have their IP address change every time they connect. If you lived in a large metropolitan area, there would be almost no way to tell who you are.
From what I have read, those who "violate community guidelines" have their entire ID deleted, including e-mail and chat privileges.
2007-07-30 14:47:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an ip address is as changeable as a yahoo id though.
you can never ban someone completely unless they have a static ip address, but those are in the minority.
even then there are thousands of proxy services out there so even the above paragraph doesn't necessarily apply.
when yahoo deletes a yahoo answers account, the whole thing goes - yahoo mail, messenger, flickr.com account (they're part of yahoo now), and every other yahoo service.
2007-07-30 14:43:52 · answer #3 · answered by piquet 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Quote: "The IP address is a unique address for each computer"
This is false, some internet providers offer static ip addresses to their subscribers that changes every so often.
As well, one could use a proxy server to 'mask' their real ip address on the internet. (ip:port=proxy) or use a site like 'hidemyass.com' (that's not a joke)
2007-07-30 14:49:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like Peekay said, IPs are changable. But at least it's a start, and the trolls prolly aren't smart enuf to figure it out
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2007-07-30 14:49:12 · answer #5 · answered by Gary 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
your exactly the sort of clown who got my account deleted for no reason after a year of dedicated answers you make me sick.And yes all my spare time now is devoted to #@$%##ing with people like you on yahoo answers.
2007-07-30 14:45:56
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AND All MY ANSWERS ARE STILL THERE,YAHOO SINCE MY DEACTIVATION HAVE MADE ME A TOP CONTRIBUTOR