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TheMercenary · 12-12-2008, 06:32 PM

Is there anyway to find out who people are on a forum legally? I have heard that some private investigators can find out who people are for a small price. I am on a few forums where there is one person who stirs up lots of trouble through his posts. The admins are essentially absentee managers and don't intervene unless someone is named by real life name or other stuff that may put them at legal risk. So, any solutions out there?

classicman · 12-12-2008, 06:38 PM

I would venture to guess the forum admin could access their ip address. Other than that, I've no clue. There are a lot of IT people on here so I would think they would know better than I/me.

lumberjim · 12-12-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Is there anyway to find out who people are on a forum legally? I have heard that some private investigators can find out who people are for a small price. I am on a few forums where there is one person who stirs up lots of trouble through his posts. The admins are essentially absentee managers and don't intervene unless someone is named by real life name or other stuff that may put them at legal risk. So, any solutions out there?

Don't worry. I don;t think they'll be able to track you down.

Flint · 12-12-2008, 06:50 PM

There's a way to do anything. It's all zeroes and ones.

TheMercenary · 12-12-2008, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

Don't worry. I don;t think they'll be able to track you down.

They all know who I am.

Flint · 12-12-2008, 06:56 PM

My name is Flint. Literally.

Undertoad · 12-12-2008, 08:19 PM

Remember when YOU were that guy?

Anyway. An admin can get an IP address, but without that there's really little hope of tracing anything down to anyone; even with that, you're limited to a few details.

jinx · 12-12-2008, 08:33 PM

Remember?

Clodfobble · 12-12-2008, 10:35 PM

Even if you knew exactly who he was, there's practically nothing you could do with that information that isn't illegal. What are you gonna do, show up at his doorstep and threaten him? Sign him up for embarrassing magazine subscriptions?

Aliantha · 12-13-2008, 01:07 AM

Order some pizza for him...every night for a week.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-13-2008, 01:42 AM

Block his IP.

Troll · 12-17-2009, 12:05 PM

kick his pee pee

Glinda · 12-17-2009, 12:11 PM

Nah. Get yourself any George Hayduke book and have some real fun!

DanaC · 12-17-2009, 12:12 PM

Or...try to care a little less.

Shawnee123 · 12-17-2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Is there anyway to find out who people are on a forum legally? I have heard that some private investigators can find out who people are for a small price. I am on a few forums where there is one person who stirs up lots of trouble through his posts. The admins are essentially absentee managers and don't intervene unless someone is named by real life name or other stuff that may put them at legal risk. So, any solutions out there?

I think you meant "legally find out" because I thought there was a way to sign up for a forum through criminal means, the way you have it worded: "on a forum legally."

And anyway, as has been said, I wouldn't worry about it. We've put up with you this long without having Guido nail your knees to the floor, so I'm sure your other forum won't kill you either.

12-12-2008, 06:32 PM	#1
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12-12-2008, 06:38 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I would venture to guess the forum admin could access their ip address. Other than that, I've no clue. There are a lot of IT people on here so I would think they would know better than I/me. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

12-12-2008, 06:50 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	There's a way to do anything. It's all zeroes and ones. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-12-2008, 06:56 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	My name is Flint. Literally. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

12-12-2008, 08:33 PM	#8
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Remember? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

12-12-2008, 08:19 PM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Remember when YOU were that guy? Anyway. An admin can get an IP address, but without that there's really little hope of tracing anything down to anyone; even with that, you're limited to a few details.

12-12-2008, 10:35 PM	#9
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Even if you knew exactly who he was, there's practically nothing you could do with that information that isn't illegal. What are you gonna do, show up at his doorstep and threaten him? Sign him up for embarrassing magazine subscriptions? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-13-2008, 01:07 AM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Order some pizza for him...every night for a week. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-13-2008, 01:42 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Block his IP. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-17-2009, 12:05 PM	#12
Troll Soylent Greenhorn Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 25	kick his pee pee

12-17-2009, 12:11 PM	#13
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Nah. Get yourself any George Hayduke book and have some real fun!

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