Non Moderated Forum

There are many things that can be done to prevent this type of abuse, but unfortunly they need to be setup by the forum admin and not by users.

The IP address of the person who posted the message is displayed to forums admins and moderator above each post with an option to block that IP address or IP range from the forums.

There are also other measures that can be put in place by the forums admin such as email activation of new members, admin pre approval of new members, post moderation where posts are not duisplayed until a forum admin or moderator first approves the post.

There are lost of things that can be done, but unfortunly these features can only be enabled by the admin or only available to the admin. Otheriwse rouge members could go blocking the IP's of others, suspend the accounts of others, hide posts, etc.

This is something that would need to be done by the forum admin. Most Web Wiz Forums are not hosted by us. Out of the 1,000's of downloads each week less than 2% would be hosted on our systems, most would be installed on the person own hosting space from another provider or their own servers.

The majority of people do not like their IP addresses being made public, if it was enabled by default for all to see there would be an outcry from users regarding their privacy. Allot of forum admins don't even like their moderators seeing IP addresses and we quite often get people asking to make IP's hidden from all, your post must be the first in over 8 years asking for IP's to be made public.

It is the responsibility of the forum admin to ensure that the board runs smoothly and it is those people who are given the power to view, block, etc. IP addresses.

If your forum admin is not around much then the best thing to do is ask them if they could make you a moderator so you are able to view and block IP addresses.


Edited by WebWiz-Bruce - 04 February 2009 at 12:57pm