Do Digital Spy Ban Users If They Find Multiple Usernames With The Same Ip?
ewoodie
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As I understand it, if they they find more than one username for an IP, you get banned. Is this true?
If so, then how do they know if it's one person using multiple accounts or a number of members using the same PC?
If so, then how do they know if it's one person using multiple accounts or a number of members using the same PC?
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If they have a new user registered on the IP of a previously/recently banned user it probably attracts more attention than two rule-abiding posters sharing a PC.
Who knows though. It's not in their interest to ban members. I bet there's 100s of multiple accounts out there, they can't ban them all can they?
As long as the poster isn't doing it for illegal / abusive purposes then I wouldn't see it as anything to worry about really.
Mistakes will be made, as with all forums you will see those without intelligence posting something like "they are banned there must be a reason", there must be but it may not be correct.
See the same IP, assume wrongness, it happens.
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