The Information Desk: Ask questions about the site here!

It was related to an app on tumblr that allows you to block certain IPs from looking at your blog, and he had a list of IPs of a group of members that talk to each other, even though a select few might bite at him and mock him for one thing or another (silly drama I'm talking about). When it happened, someone let me know I was pulled into the situation with my IPs though, and it came from a conversation between Oath and a member he trusted at the time.
 
This is hilarious

A bunch of damaged preteens writing conspiracy theories on this thread

First off, do you really think Oath is going to do something with your IP? He doesn't even want to talk to any of you let alone find your location. He would rather be on a whole different planet.

Secondly, what is he going to do with it? Find your location? Most of you have that in your profile to begin with. He might be able to DDoS you and I honestly hope he takes a college coarse just to figure out how to DDoS all of you because literally everyone complaining here wouldn't even know how to unplug and then plug back in their modem. Besides, people can snag your IP just by knowing your Skype username, let alone the countless websites you idiots visit.

Lastly, who cares. The full extent of this is just account sharing, if that. Zr is one if not the most knowledgeable person on this god forsaken forum that knows anything about computers and all of you want her banned lol. If there was anyone here who could hack into your Hello Kitty infested PCs, it'd be her. Do you think she'd let just anyone onto her account that would be any kind of a threat? Oath has been here for years and has been in contact with all of the mods. Despite his bad attitude to some of you (which is well deserved by the way) he's trustworthy and probably would've been a future mod here.

tl;dr Zr is a god and knew there wasn't a threat with Oath and all of you need to stop shoving Cheez-its up your nose as it's starting to have an affect on your brain activity.
 
This is hilarious

A bunch of damaged preteens writing conspiracy theories on this thread

First off, do you really think Oath is going to do something with your IP? He doesn't even want to talk to any of you let alone find your location. He would rather be on a whole different planet.

Secondly, what is he going to do with it? Find your location? Most of you have that in your profile to begin with. He might be able to DDoS you and I honestly hope he takes a college coarse just to figure out how to DDoS all of you because literally everyone complaining here wouldn't even know how to unplug and then plug back in their modem. Besides, people can snag your IP just by knowing your Skype username, let alone the countless websites you idiots visit.

Lastly, who cares. The full extent of this is just account sharing, if that. Zr is one if not the most knowledgeable person on this god forsaken forum that knows anything about computers and all of you want her banned lol. If there was anyone here who could hack into your Hello Kitty infested PCs, it'd be her. Do you think she'd let just anyone onto her account that would be any kind of a threat? Oath has been here for years and has been in contact with all of the mods. Despite his bad attitude to some of you (which is well deserved by the way) he's trustworthy and probably would've been a future mod here.

tl;dr Zr is a god and knew there wasn't a threat with Oath and all of you need to stop shoving Cheez-its up your nose as it's starting to have an affect on your brain activity.

pm me if u want my ip!
 
Pretty sure ZR just gave her account password to Oath. If it was hacking, I wouldn't see a reason why she would have to step down as mod since it wouldn't have been her fault.

But I'm just making logical assumptions so don't take my word for it.

Yes, which is against staff policy and the reason why she won't be a mod any more. This was done some time before the IP address thing. I don't know the full details, but during the time he accessed IP addresses, she was using the same password on her account. When some people were wondering why he had IP addresses, we were unaware of his use of TBT to look them up. We only knew what happened when a mod noticed him logging into her account, which is when we banned him and asked ZR to step down.
 
This is hilarious

A bunch of damaged preteens writing conspiracy theories on this thread

First off, do you really think Oath is going to do something with your IP? He doesn't even want to talk to any of you let alone find your location. He would rather be on a whole different planet.

Secondly, what is he going to do with it? Find your location? Most of you have that in your profile to begin with. He might be able to DDoS you and I honestly hope he takes a college coarse just to figure out how to DDoS all of you because literally everyone complaining here wouldn't even know how to unplug and then plug back in their modem. Besides, people can snag your IP just by knowing your Skype username, let alone the countless websites you idiots visit.

Lastly, who cares. The full extent of this is just account sharing, if that. Zr is one if not the most knowledgeable person on this god forsaken forum that knows anything about computers and all of you want her banned lol. If there was anyone here who could hack into your Hello Kitty infested PCs, it'd be her. Do you think she'd let just anyone onto her account that would be any kind of a threat? Oath has been here for years and has been in contact with all of the mods. Despite his bad attitude to some of you (which is well deserved by the way) he's trustworthy and probably would've been a future mod here.

tl;dr Zr is a god and knew there wasn't a threat with Oath and all of you need to stop shoving Cheez-its up your nose as it's starting to have an affect on your brain activity.
u know theres proof of it right lol
 
I may not be a mod, but let's move along and get back to asking questions. This situation is addressed.

I mean, a lot of this is ****-slinging, but I'd rather let that happen and let it run its course than see it deleted because people need to know the source of the conflict, where people stand, etc. So they understand whether or not they're uninvolved.
 
Also, to those concerned that admins can read your PMs, they're only capable of that if they have access to the vBulletin database, and I doubt Jer does. You need to be a higher up within the vBulletin team to do something like that.

Wow way to ruin privacy...
 
Deleting and covering things up and not be being straight with us is part of the problem why this forum is going downhill.

I'm surprised Jer even decided to tell us now.

I mean, a lot of this is ****-slinging, but I'd rather let that happen and let it run its course than see it deleted because people need to know the source of the conflict, where people stand, etc. So they understand whether or not they're uninvolved.

We've deleted almost nothing in this thread. There was a small insult-laden conversation that was deleted this morning. Other than that, we've only deleted a few posts linking to a website which was created for the sole purpose of stirring up pseudo-drama here.

Wow way to ruin privacy...

We don't read PMs unless there are legal implications and only I can.
 
We've deleted almost nothing in this thread. There was a small insult-laden conversation that was deleted this morning. Other than that, we've only deleted a few posts linking to a website which was created for the sole purpose of stirring up pseudo-drama here.

There's nothing wrong with posting the idea that you could do it, just to bring attention to whether or not you will. Teams can use that as a chance to learn how to deal with suspicion within the userbase, it's part of the job. And if people just get ****-slingy there's nothing wrong with deleting that, but clarification is stuff that is important for everyone to know about.
 
I am glad this is over with. I was so freaked out about the possibility of just anyone having access to that kind of information. I think everything's sorted now.
 
Yes, which is against staff policy and the reason why she won't be a mod any more. This was done some time before the IP address thing. I don't know the full details, but during the time he accessed IP addresses, she was using the same password on her account. When some people were wondering why he had IP addresses, we were unaware of his use of TBT to look them up. We only knew what happened when a mod noticed him logging into her account, which is when we banned him and asked ZR to step down.

Well, why has it taken so long? Along with that, why wasn't ZR banned on the spot for giving out her password (idiotic move, by the way)? Why is she still a mod, today? Though, I know her usertitle says Hiatus, that's bull****. I know it, you know it, everyone knows it. So, what's the deal with that business, then?
 
I'm heading off. This has gone too far and people elsewhere are talking nonsense about the situation to cause even more trouble. Let's just end it here, okay?
 
I'm heading off. This has gone too far and people elsewhere are talking nonsense about the situation to cause even more trouble. Let's just end it here, okay?

I tried to say the same thing. It's time to move along and get back to asking questions rather than talk about this scandal.
 
Can anyone tell me what makes you "subscribe" to a thread? I see that I'm subscribed to many threads that I've never manually subscribed to. Is it an amount of posts you make on a certain thread that decides it, or?
 
Can anyone tell me what makes you "subscribe" to a thread? I see that I'm subscribed to many threads that I've never manually subscribed to. Is it an amount of posts you make on a certain thread that decides it, or?

I've noticed that whenever I make a post (even 1) on a thread, I automatically get subscribed, I don't know if it's the same for you, but that's how it works for me.
 
am i too late?

llama270977_smiling_llama_400x400.jpg
 
Can anyone tell me what makes you "subscribe" to a thread? I see that I'm subscribed to many threads that I've never manually subscribed to. Is it an amount of posts you make on a certain thread that decides it, or?

I've noticed that whenever I make a post (even 1) on a thread, I automatically get subscribed, I don't know if it's the same for you, but that's how it works for me.

Once you post in a thread, you're automatically subscribed so you can keep up-to-date with the latest posts. If you want to subscribe to a thread you haven't posted in yet, you just click on the "Thread Tools" button on the cream bar just above the top post at the top of this thread, likewise if you want to unsubscribe it'll say unsubscribe.
 
Last edited:
Once you post in a thread, you're automatically subscribed so you can keep up-to-date with the latest posts. If you want to subscribe to a thread you haven't posted in yet, you just click on the "Thread Tools" button on the cream bar just above the top post at the top of this thread, likewise if you want to unsubscribe it'll say unsubscribe.

Thanks so much, very helpful :)
 
Back
Top