Song Requests

[Roger -Dot- Lee(Admin)]

Originally posted by kirk
whoa! step back, take a deep breath...

jim, dot-
i believe it's the anonymous nature of the request
line that's the root of the problem.
why not institute a public request forum,
require that requests be from registered forum members?
wipe it clean every few days to save server space.
that way, it's in view for all to see, which IMO would
make it more self-regulating.

more self regulating, and a whole lot harder to police. Not only that, it would be an issue of us having to see the post, put the RQ in, etc.

And that would require 24x7 monitoring. Just not practical. A decent idea, and one we might want to take a long view on, but not practical at first glance.

on banning IPs-
anyone that's been around the OMDs knows they can easily
re-register under a different name, use proxy servers,
ect. to get around bans.
i know we'd like to think a person would have the honor
to comply, take the punishment, but sadly, that's not
usually the case. it usually only makes for a more
determined then "enemy".

p e a c e kirk

Under most circumstances, true. However, the current crop of abusers are, to a person, coming in from common network spaces. IE, for example, one abuser comes in from:

24.118.24.103
24.118.24.104
24.118.24.109
24.118.24.112
etc.

(note: not actual IPs. Just given as an example of the range we're seeing).

And nslookup and dig -x both report that the abusers are coming in from work accounts. Actual business addresses, not home providers (ie Comcast, AOL, etc). Spoofing and IP changes are going to be MUCH tougher than some spotty-bottomed geek in mommy's basement.

Drop me an email with your idea, if you would please, Kirk. I'd like to hear it in better detail. I have the feeling that we might have a misunderstanding as to what your idea is (and I also suspect it's something we might be able to use).

Roger -Dot- Lee