Banbury Lift Bridge 164 Oxford Canal.

[Alan de Enfield]

1 hour ago, Athy said:

As it is, we're finding him quite good for a laugh, as his rants have so little connection with reality, though we have probably laughed enough for the time being.

 

 

Almost certainly a forum member going incognito

[Guest]

Somewhat bizarre that somebody not logged in to the forum can send a report.

 

Surely it must be simple to disable that feature??

[Chris Lowe]

Usually makes a random report on a post several years old 

[tree monkey]

11 minutes ago, buccaneer66 said:

Usually makes a random report on a post several years old 

That's beyond bizzare 

[Chagall]

2 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

 

Almost certainly a forum member going incognito

I think there are quite a few members who log in as 'guest' now and then, just to check what's been said perhaps. 

[Arthur Marshall]

55 minutes ago, Chagall said:

I think there are quite a few members who log in as 'guest' now and then, just to check what's been said perhaps. 

Why would you want to do that anonymously? Or is it that if you have a look via a different computer and can't be bothered to go through the log in it just registers you as "Guest"? I only have access to the three now so I suppose it automatically logs me one from each. 

[Chagall]

13 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

Why would you want to do that anonymously? 

 

Well I suppose for instance if one had many people on 'ignore' then as a 'guest' one could see posts without hassle. 

[Alway Swilby]

On 06/07/2021 at 13:10, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Presumably it is quite simple to indentify them from their IP address.

There is no such real 'cloak of anonymity' on the internet.

Most residential (as opposed to business) IP addresses are dynamic. Reboot your router and you get a different IP address. So not really traceable unless you could get the service provider interested enough to tell you who had such and such IP address at a certain time. I don't think they would do that unless you were a police officer.

[Chris Lowe]

We only get an IP address recorded for a properly logged in member, not for guests.

[DHutch]

On 06/07/2021 at 13:05, David Mack said:

Can the 'Report' option not be disabled for anyone who is not a logged in member?

Report is left open to guests because it is the only openly publicised way for the general public to contact the staff team and myself as owner.

 

 

We are a reasonably large forum in a fairly small world and have some moral and a few legal obligations, which includes members of the public being able to contact those operating the site.

The number of guest reports in very manageable, and often they are and relevant and pertinent as that from members, if like any report, only acted on when appropriate. 

 

As said, a 'guest' is simply a user who has not logged in. Many 'guest users' visit regularly and use the site without an account, many are also simple account holding members who have are not logged in at the time.

 

 

Daniel

Site Owner