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minus-squarebassomitron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49arrow-down1·3 days 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-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 days 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-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoReddit still uses IP bans. It’s crazy how far behind the times some tech companies are
minus-squareJASN_DE@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoAnd it’s still not worth the money and a lot easier to simply temp-ban via IP.
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agothis is how I manage blocks. Temporary bans unless it’s a repeat offender.
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAnd also a huge issue for anyone using a VPN to browse the web
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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).
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.
Reddit still uses IP bans. It’s crazy how far behind the times some tech companies are
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.
And also a huge issue for anyone using a VPN to browse the web