Lonelygirl15

Ok, so I don't know if this is the right place to ask about this, so please don't throw stones and other heavy objects at me if I'm in the wrong, but there seems to be the occasional flare-up of people who post Video Commens posting under other people's names. Not by coincidence, mind you, but on purpose to cause trouble. I don't know if there's anything that can be done, but it might be a good thing if there's a way to limit an IP address to one comment handle or at least track down IP addresses of those obviously masquerading as other people or something. I know NOTHING of these matters, tech-wise, so forgive me again if I'm stating a silly idea.

**EDIT: If you look at Marbella's name in comments 150-ish through 175 of the latest vid, you can see what I mean. Something screwy is going on there.**

Lizard219 wrote:Ok, so I don't know if this is the right place to ask about this, so please don't throw stones and other heavy objects at me if I'm in the wrong, but there seems to be the occasional flare-up of people who post Video Commens posting under other people's names. Not by coincidence, mind you, but on purpose to cause trouble. I don't know if there's anything that can be done, but it might be a good thing if there's a way to limit an IP address to one comment handle or at least track down IP addresses of those obviously masquerading as other people or something. I know NOTHING of these matters, tech-wise, so forgive me again if I'm stating a silly idea.

**EDIT: If you look at Marbella's name in comments 150-ish through 175 of the latest vid, you can see what I mean. Something screwy is going on there.**

That's because the main page is an "open" page. Anyone can post under any name they want - it's not tied to the forum ID's in any way. The best way to protect yourself is to post in the forums.

Ah. Well, that kinda stinks, if only because some of the people I love to talk to on the main page don't seem to make it in here. It seems almost like a separate community of posters on the main page and I'm kinda used to them. I'm sure the posters in the forum are cool, too, but I don't know how many of them would know what I was talking about if I mentioned, say, an orange slushee.

Thanks for the info, though!

Lizard219 wrote:Ah. Well, that kinda stinks, if only because some of the people I love to talk to on the main page don't seem to make it in here. It seems almost like a separate community of posters on the main page and I'm kinda used to them. I'm sure the posters in the forum are cool, too, but I don't know how many of them would know what I was talking about if I mentioned, say, an orange slushee.

Thanks for the info, though!

I would.

In the near future, there will be no distinction between forum users and comment posters. There will be a unified login system.

One name to rule them all, one name to bind them...

twjaniak wrote:

Lizard219 wrote:Ah. Well, that kinda stinks, if only because some of the people I love to talk to on the main page don't seem to make it in here. It seems almost like a separate community of posters on the main page and I'm kinda used to them. I'm sure the posters in the forum are cool, too, but I don't know how many of them would know what I was talking about if I mentioned, say, an orange slushee.

Thanks for the info, though!

I would.

In the near future, there will be no distinction between forum users and comment posters. There will be a unified login system.

One name to rule them all, one name to bind them...

Thats exciting...

Im worried that i will have trouble adjusting to the new format... *panics*

GoodGollyItsHolly wrote:

twjaniak wrote:

Lizard219 wrote:Ah. Well, that kinda stinks, if only because some of the people I love to talk to on the main page don't seem to make it in here. It seems almost like a separate community of posters on the main page and I'm kinda used to them. I'm sure the posters in the forum are cool, too, but I don't know how many of them would know what I was talking about if I mentioned, say, an orange slushee.

Thanks for the info, though!

I would.

In the near future, there will be no distinction between forum users and comment posters. There will be a unified login system.

One name to rule them all, one name to bind them...

Thats exciting...

Im worried that i will have trouble adjusting to the new format... *panics*

Yay! I'm glad someone would understand.

I feel kinda like a country rube coming into the city. "Golly gee, I ain't never seen nuthin' fancy like this here forum... We's just postin' silly comments back on the main page where I come from."

hahah nice...

This was posted in the video comments:

Lizard (send note) Says:
November 21st, 2006 at 7:25 pm
I really think that the admins should look into the mechanisms of username registration a bit more closely.


I didn't post it. But that's my username.

Does anybody know how that happened?

*EDIT* Member 80 is me. The other is not. But said person also copied my profile.

Did anyone besides me have a problem bringing up the forum and the vlogs about an hour ago?

jc_gypsy7 wrote:Did anyone besides me have a problem bringing up the forum and the vlogs about an hour ago?

Yeah, the site went down for a bit. Left me having to go back to YouTube for a minute.

lmao, I did the same thing!!

Glad everything's back to normal now, anyway.

Everything except for my evil doppleganger. Incidentally, to reiterate to any mods or admins who can help me, I'm registered as member 80. My evil twin- who copied my profile as well as my name- is member 571. I was in the first wave of people to register for the video comments area.

GoodGollyItsHolly wrote:

twjaniak wrote:

Lizard219 wrote:Ah. Well, that kinda stinks, if only because some of the people I love to talk to on the main page don't seem to make it in here. It seems almost like a separate community of posters on the main page and I'm kinda used to them. I'm sure the posters in the forum are cool, too, but I don't know how many of them would know what I was talking about if I mentioned, say, an orange slushee.

Thanks for the info, though!

I would.

In the near future, there will be no distinction between forum users and comment posters. There will be a unified login system.

One name to rule them all, one name to bind them...

Thats exciting...

Im worried that i will have trouble adjusting to the new format... *panics*

There will be rioting in the streets...people will quit..OH the HORROR!

jc_gypsy7 wrote:Did anyone besides me have a problem bringing up the forum and the vlogs about an hour ago?

You might not believe it, but it was all because of a power-strip failure.

twjaniak wrote:

jc_gypsy7 wrote:Did anyone besides me have a problem bringing up the forum and the vlogs about an hour ago?

You might not believe it, but it was all because of a power-strip failure.

Sounds like another conspiracy to me.