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4chan Users Try to DDoS Tumblr, Tumblrs Raid 4chan in Revenge

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Re: 4chan Users Try to DDoS Tumblr, Tumblrs Raid 4chan in Revenge

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Post by drivingmenuts »

zavulon wrote: post #7

What's the reason behind this? Usually there's some kind of a backstory...

4chan is that dumbass kid who releases bees into the classroom just to laugh at everyone who doesn't want to get stung.

If there's a backstory, it's probably something that everyone else would shrug off and move on with their lives, but for whatever reason, the sociopaths at 4chan cannot.

Re: 4chan Users Try to DDoS Tumblr, Tumblrs Raid 4chan in Revenge

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Post by GHFigs »

elbenshira wrote: post #11

Is this high school? I don't understand these things. Why would you destroy your time, resources, and sense of humanity for this childish crap?

Is this high school?

Yes. Though Tumblr and 4chan both have older users, the ones that participate in this kind of thing "seriously" are generally of that cliquish high school mindset and narrow worldview characteristic of but not limited to teenagers. Ironically, it's that same earnestness that provokes raids like this.

Why would you destroy your time, resources, and sense of humanity for this childish crap?

Lulz. Srsly.

Re: 4chan Users Try to DDoS Tumblr, Tumblrs Raid 4chan in Revenge

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Post by mishmash »

cmelbye wrote: post #6
blntechie wrote: post #4

Going to be fun for the neutrals. I neither use Tumblr or 4chan. Let them cancel out each other. :-) 4chan can just block registration of new users on 15th to avoid this.

Uh, what? The whole point of 4chan is that you're anonymous, no registration needed.

You're not anonymous to admins, only to users. Every post is still associated with a big fat naked IP address and it's a single click to ban a user of a specific post.

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Post by cmelbye »

mishmash wrote: post #14
cmelbye wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Uh, what? The whole point of 4chan is that you're anonymous, no registration needed.

You're not anonymous to admins, only to users. Every post is still associated with a big fat naked IP address and it's a single click to ban a user of a specific post.

Banning an IP address != Banning submissions from every client that hasn't posted before 11/15/10

Re: 4chan Users Try to DDoS Tumblr, Tumblrs Raid 4chan in Revenge

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Post by mishmash »

cmelbye wrote: post #15
mishmash wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're not anonymous to admins, only to users. Every post is still associated with a big fat naked IP address and it's a single click to ban a user of a specific post.

Banning an IP address != Banning submissions from every client that hasn't posted before 11/15/10

I wasn't addressing the problem of banning Tumblr users, but correcting the often mistaken and repeated claim that 4chan is an anonymous forum.

But seriously, if the mood stays "for real" it's not going to be hard to shutdown and ban tumblr users.

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