mlarson
April 12, 2013, 10:42pm
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sstanczyk:
You are assuming that this banned person will continue to spend $499 over and over to sign up as a new person so they can keep posting. How many other people are going to lend them a credit card with a different name so they can pay? And once found out, reports to their Internet provider could cause their internet account to be closed. Smokescreen pure and simple.
At the same time, when someone sees that person up on the NACHI board with “BANNED FOR ETHICS VIOLATIONS”, under their name, well, it sort of takes care of itself.
Exactly my point the nick the spinmeister ignored.
bboerner
April 12, 2013, 10:52pm
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gromicko:
Yes. People have different reasons for remaining invisible after joining InterNACHI. For example, all the U.S. HUD officials are members of InterNACHI and are not visible. Members who don’t yet have their licenses in their state are invisible. Etc. There is no technical mechanism to prevent someone from joining. Kim Jong-un could join tonight and if I kicked him out, he could join as his sister tomorrow morning. I can no more technically prevent this than I could rocket him to the planet Mars.
I have to agree with Nick, Mike. I get emails from people every month who I’ve never seen post on this message board before, but they are reading it.
mlarson
April 12, 2013, 10:53pm
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Which has nothing to do with the topic. :roll:
bboerner
April 12, 2013, 10:59pm
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No but it does the post Nick made negative Nellie
gromicko
April 12, 2013, 11:04pm
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At the same time, when someone sees that person up on the InterNACHI board with “BANNED FOR ETHICS VIOLATIONS”, under their name, well, it sort of takes care of itself.
That would only be shown under that registration. It wouldn’t be shown on subsequent registrations. You could “say” that a particular name used to register for the message board is banned. You can “say” you sent them in a rocket to the planet Venus too. Neither would be true as neither are technically possible. We don’t have a rocket ship.
jkeilson
April 12, 2013, 11:06pm
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gromicko:
Yes. People have different reasons for remaining invisible after joining InterNACHI. For example, all the U.S. HUD officials are members of InterNACHI and are not visible. Members who don’t yet have their licenses in their state are invisible. Etc. There is no technical mechanism to prevent someone from joining. Kim Jong-un could join tonight and if I kicked him out, he could join as his sister tomorrow morning. I can no more technically prevent this than I could rocket him to the planet Mars.
Of course you can. Cancel there account, block their ip. Now if they want to use a proxy or another isp and also find another way to pay under a different name, oh well you will be correct and sure they can. But eventually they will give up after making you a nice chunk of $$ for new memberships.
Just sayin…
gromicko
April 12, 2013, 11:08pm
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No. Because the vendor could simply have his employee openly join as his employee using his employee’s real name. The employee wouldn’t be banned.
bboerner
April 12, 2013, 11:09pm
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jkeilson:
Of course you can. Cancel there account, block their ip. Now if they want to use a proxy or another isp and also find another way to pay under a different name, oh well you will be correct and sure they can. But eventually they will give up after making you a nice chunk of $$ for new memberships.
Just sayin…
Message board is free to join for anyone. There is no need to be a member. I do agree you can simply block IP until they find a new one.
mlarson
April 12, 2013, 11:10pm
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But only members can view certain portions of the board.:shock:
gromicko
April 12, 2013, 11:10pm
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Yes, we can technically ban IP addresses.
gromicko
April 12, 2013, 11:11pm
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And? Anyone can join InterNACHI as a member. What’s your point?
bboerner
April 12, 2013, 11:11pm
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I know but a vendor can be seen for free at any time within the non member area.
gromicko
April 12, 2013, 11:16pm
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Anyway, banning someone is not technically feasible, therefore meaningless. Note: Whenever you can trade something meaningless for something meaningful… do it.
jkeilson
April 12, 2013, 11:17pm
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Still looking for a reply please?
Jim
mlarson
April 12, 2013, 11:24pm
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A little history for the folks
gromicko
April 12, 2013, 11:27pm
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Michael, thanks for proving my point. Ray posted this week and posts here regularly under a different name. You can’t technically ban someone from an open message board any more than you can send him to the planet Saturn in a rocket ship.
