Limb Lengthening Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes  (Read 882 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

GrowTow

  • Full Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 270
Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« on: April 05, 2021, 06:24:13 PM »

Why aren't moderators doing more to expose fake diaries?

IP Address is tracked on each login and post, I've never seen a moderator expose a fake diary or anything when there has definitely been many, it's always up to us ourselves to find out whether a post is legitimate or not.

Can any moderator shed light on this? If I have to do it myself then make me the moderator, I'll do it.

If IP address isn't enough to track fakes then I'm sure this website can request more info through cookies etc.
Logged
May 2023: Completed 5.3cm LON Tibia w AFA 164>169
Upcoming LON Femur in October 2023

KiloKAHN

  • Moderator
  • Premier Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 2279
  • Digital Devil
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2021, 06:43:57 PM »

Mods can't see IP addresses. That wasn't given to us as a feature by the site admin.
Logged
Initial height: 164 cm / ~5'5" (Surgery on 6/25/2014)
Current height: 170 cm / 5'7" (Frames removed 6/29/2015)
External Tibia lengthening performed by Dr Mangal Parihar in Mumbai, India.
My Cosmetic Leg Lengthening Experience

Serilium

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 352
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2021, 06:58:14 PM »

Where is the site owner I want him to come back
Logged

Medium Drink Of Water

  • Moderator
  • Premier Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3587
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2021, 07:06:24 PM »

There's no way of knowing if someone from a given IP address is really getting LL or not.  If we demanded photos, personal information, medical documentation, etc. in order to allow diaries, but most people wouldn't post at all.  LLers value anonymity.
Logged

more

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 409
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2021, 07:08:10 PM »

Why aren't moderators doing more to expose fake diaries?

IP Address is tracked on each login and post, I've never seen a moderator expose a fake diary or anything when there has definitely been many, it's always up to us ourselves to find out whether a post is legitimate or not.

Can any moderator shed light on this? If I have to do it myself then make me the moderator, I'll do it.

If IP address isn't enough to track fakes then I'm sure this website can request more info through cookies etc.
Good point
Logged

Sambollio

  • Full Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 277
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2021, 09:51:58 PM »

What are some recent fake diaries? Are they working for the doctor who did their “surgery “?
Logged

Medium Drink Of Water

  • Moderator
  • Premier Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3587
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2021, 05:31:56 AM »

What are some recent fake diaries? Are they working for the doctor who did their “surgery “?

Nobody has proof as far as I know, just suspicion and accusations.

Show me proof and I'll absolutely delete the diary and ban the user.
Logged

Medium Drink Of Water

  • Moderator
  • Premier Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3587
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2021, 05:36:57 AM »

Where is the site owner I want him to come back

He was worried power would corrupt him like it did every other past LL forum owner.  He was a cool poster but I'm glad he did it for the sake of the forum.

He's never coming back except to occasionally do something only he can do for the site.
Logged

Serilium

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 352
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2021, 06:02:30 AM »

He was worried power would corrupt him like it did every other past LL forum owner.  He was a cool poster but I'm glad he did it for the sake of the forum.

He's never coming back except to occasionally do something only he can do for the site.

Thanks
He is a good person
Logged

Serilium

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 352
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2021, 06:05:10 AM »

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=66159.msg187653#msg187653

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=64805.msg171611#msg171611

Same ghost writer

Tone identical, same doc
"I'm not in pain, I'm not taking painkillers, I'm not in pain"
Followed by smiley face emoji
😀

I left only one comment on emirasaf diary saying ghost writer and then the alt accounts start responding 😂 http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=66159.msg190835#msg190835
Logged

sportiveshort

  • Visitor
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 24
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2021, 09:08:21 AM »

Damn you are right. That looks suspicious.
One way of filtering would be checking multiple accounts posting from the same IP, or IP range.
Then they would need to get a VPN or move a lot.
Logged

GrowTow

  • Full Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 270
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2021, 02:08:39 PM »

Mods can't see IP addresses. That wasn't given to us as a feature by the site admin.

You must have someway of contacting the admin, even if he replies late, it's something that should have been brought up a long time ago. Enabling moderators to see an IP Address wouldn't be a difficult thing to do nor would it be difficult to have better security to authenticate users. I'm not saying add finger printer logins or anything but a simple location tracking feature which 99% of websites do anyways wouldn't be excessive.

This entire forum is flooded with fakes and occasional spam, the moderators doing nothing about it is not a good look for the website or the 'community'.

Sorry to be a Karen but this is about people's lives and doing these simple things would be the difference between someone becoming paralysed or losing tens of thousand and having a successful surgery.
Logged
May 2023: Completed 5.3cm LON Tibia w AFA 164>169
Upcoming LON Femur in October 2023

GrowTow

  • Full Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 270
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2021, 02:12:26 PM »

There's no way of knowing if someone from a given IP address is really getting LL or not.  If we demanded photos, personal information, medical documentation, etc. in order to allow diaries, but most people wouldn't post at all.  LLers value anonymity.

Of course there's no way of knowing whether they're doing LL or not but if IP Addresses match between different users then it would be an obvious fake. That was my point. Anonymity isn't the issue.
Logged
May 2023: Completed 5.3cm LON Tibia w AFA 164>169
Upcoming LON Femur in October 2023

GrowTow

  • Full Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 270
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2021, 02:24:14 PM »

What are some recent fake diaries? Are they working for the doctor who did their “surgery “?

Yes most of the time it's someone in the Dr's team making fake diaries to gain trust etc
Logged
May 2023: Completed 5.3cm LON Tibia w AFA 164>169
Upcoming LON Femur in October 2023

Medium Drink Of Water

  • Moderator
  • Premier Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3587
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2021, 02:39:01 PM »

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=66159.msg187653#msg187653

http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=64805.msg171611#msg171611

Same ghost writer

Tone identical, same doc
"I'm not in pain, I'm not taking painkillers, I'm not in pain"
Followed by smiley face emoji
😀

I left only one comment on emirasaf diary saying ghost writer and then the alt accounts start responding 😂 http://www.limblengtheningforum.com/index.php?topic=66159.msg190835#msg190835

Yeah that does look pretty suspicious, and an IP match would be the nail in the coffin.

Point well taken.  I'll see what I can do.
Logged

GrowTow

  • Full Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Posts: 270
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2021, 12:36:30 PM »

Any update on this?
Logged
May 2023: Completed 5.3cm LON Tibia w AFA 164>169
Upcoming LON Femur in October 2023

Medium Drink Of Water

  • Moderator
  • Premier Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 3587
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2021, 01:42:25 PM »

Nope.  :'(
Logged

RealLostSoul

  • Sr. Member
  • ***
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 567
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2021, 01:49:42 PM »

Any way to check device bound logins? That would give similar informations to ip bound.

Btw who is the admin of this site?
Logged

th

  • Full Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Posts: 229
Re: Why aren't Moderators helping with fakes
« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2021, 04:52:31 PM »

Yes most of the time it's someone in the Dr's team making fake diaries to gain trust etc

any examples???
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up