• BBS/MU* Popularity Report

    From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to DOVE-Net.Advertisements on Fri Sep 24 09:47:00 2021
    BBS/MU* Popularity Report

    Generated by: IPTIA Consulting
    Generated on: 2021-09-24 13:44:41

    QUANTUM WORMHOLE, THE....#################################### [80]
    UNDERGROUND BBS..........########### [25]
    20 FOR BEERS BBS (MYSTIC.##### [13]
    STEALTHWORLD BBS.........##### [13]
    BOTTOMLESS ABYSS.........##### [13]
    SOUTHERN AMIS............##### [12]
    CONSTRUCTIVE CHAOS BBS...#### [11]
    ARCHAIC BINARY...........#### [9]
    DIAMOND MINE ONLINE......#### [9]
    CLEFT OF DIMENSIONS......### [8]
    WIZARDS RAINBOW..........### [8]
    BASEMENT BBS, THE........### [7]
    TELEHACK.................## [6]
    CAPITOL SHRILL BBS.......## [6]
    INQUISITION: LEGACY, THE.## [5]

    Visit us at https://www.ipingthereforeiam.com/bbs/ and vote today!
    No personal data collected.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to dragon on Sat Sep 25 00:48:00 2021
    Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to DOVE-Net.Advertisements on Fri Sep 24 2021 01:47 pm

    BBS/MU* Popularity Report

    Generated by: IPTIA Consulting
    Generated on: 2021-09-24 13:44:41

    QUANTUM WORMHOLE, THE....#################################### [80] UNDERGROUND BBS..........########### [25]
    20 FOR BEERS BBS (MYSTIC.##### [13]
    STEALTHWORLD BBS.........##### [13]
    BOTTOMLESS ABYSS.........##### [13]
    SOUTHERN AMIS............##### [12]
    CONSTRUCTIVE CHAOS BBS...#### [11]
    ARCHAIC BINARY...........#### [9]
    DIAMOND MINE ONLINE......#### [9]
    CLEFT OF DIMENSIONS......### [8]
    WIZARDS RAINBOW..........### [8]
    BASEMENT BBS, THE........### [7]
    TELEHACK.................## [6]
    CAPITOL SHRILL BBS.......## [6]
    INQUISITION: LEGACY, THE.## [5]

    Visit us at https://www.ipingthereforeiam.com/bbs/ and vote today!

    how do you gauge this? seems like someone is gaming the system.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to MRO on Sat Sep 25 07:47:00 2021
    On 9/25/2021 5:48 AM, MRO wrote:
    Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to DOVE-Net.Advertisements on Fri Sep 24 2021 01:47 pm

    > BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    >
    > Generated by: IPTIA Consulting
    > Generated on: 2021-09-24 13:44:41
    >
    > QUANTUM WORMHOLE, THE....#################################### [80]
    > UNDERGROUND BBS..........########### [25]
    > 20 FOR BEERS BBS (MYSTIC.##### [13]
    > STEALTHWORLD BBS.........##### [13]
    > BOTTOMLESS ABYSS.........##### [13]
    > SOUTHERN AMIS............##### [12]
    > CONSTRUCTIVE CHAOS BBS...#### [11]
    > ARCHAIC BINARY...........#### [9]
    > DIAMOND MINE ONLINE......#### [9]
    > CLEFT OF DIMENSIONS......### [8]
    > WIZARDS RAINBOW..........### [8]
    > BASEMENT BBS, THE........### [7]
    > TELEHACK.................## [6]
    > CAPITOL SHRILL BBS.......## [6]
    > INQUISITION: LEGACY, THE.## [5]
    >
    > Visit us at https://www.ipingthereforeiam.com/bbs/ and vote today!

    how do you gauge this? seems like someone is gaming the system.

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    Votes are cast on the website. Efforts are made to limit votes to one
    per site per visitor. It's not perfect, but the results SEEM to be real.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to dragon on Sat Sep 25 08:35:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Sat Sep 25 2021 11:47 am


    Votes are cast on the website. Efforts are made to limit votes to one
    per site per visitor. It's not perfect, but the results SEEM to be real.

    you sure 'bout that? because looks like it's not real.

    i ran a bbs banner site and i had one guy who would try to game the system and it was quite obvious. clutch!

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to MRO on Sat Sep 25 18:57:00 2021
    On 9/25/2021 1:35 PM, MRO wrote:
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Sat Sep 25 2021 11:47 am

    >
    > Votes are cast on the website. Efforts are made to limit votes to one
    > per site per visitor. It's not perfect, but the results SEEM to be real.

    you sure 'bout that? because looks like it's not real.

    i ran a bbs banner site and i had one guy who would try to game the system and it was quite obvious. clutch!

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    Without collecting personal information about the voters, I can't be completely sure, no.

    We'll see.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to dragon on Sun Sep 26 17:34:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Sat Sep 25 2021 10:57 pm

    Without collecting personal information about the voters, I can't be completely sure, no.


    you should make it so you can only vote once per ip address.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to MRO on Mon Sep 27 09:36:00 2021
    On 9/26/2021 10:34 PM, MRO wrote:
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Sat Sep 25 2021 10:57 pm

    > Without collecting personal information about the voters, I can't be
    > completely sure, no.
    >

    you should make it so you can only vote once per ip address.

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    That is already one of the checks.

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  • From Lupine Furmen@VERT/FURFOL to MRO on Mon Sep 27 10:51:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: MRO to dragon on Sun Sep 26 2021 21:34:16

    Without collecting personal information about the voters, I can't be
    completely sure, no.
    you should make it so you can only vote once per ip address.

    This is easily bypassed, all you need is an IP Spoofer and you can vote as many times as you want, just have it generate a random IP everytime you connect.
    -+-

    Lupine Furmen
    -Dallas Vinson
    Furmens Folly (FIDO 1:123/257) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23
    SSH: furmenservices.net:23222
    Before the Web - telnet: furmenservices.net:23232
    Legends of Yesteryear (FIDO 1:123/256) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23322


    Dallas

    ... I can remember when a liberal was one who was generous with his own money.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to Lupine Furmen on Mon Sep 27 18:33:00 2021
    On 9/27/2021 3:51 PM, Lupine Furmen wrote:
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: MRO to dragon on Sun Sep 26 2021 21:34:16

    >> Without collecting personal information about the voters, I can't be
    >> completely sure, no.
    MR> you should make it so you can only vote once per ip address.

    This is easily bypassed, all you need is an IP Spoofer and you can vote as many
    times as you want, just have it generate a random IP everytime you connect. -+-

    Lupine Furmen
    -Dallas Vinson
    Furmens Folly (FIDO 1:123/257) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23
    SSH: furmenservices.net:23222
    Before the Web - telnet: furmenservices.net:23232
    Legends of Yesteryear (FIDO 1:123/256) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23322


    Dallas

    ... I can remember when a liberal was one who was generous with his own money.

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    I've spot-checked some of the more suspicious looking ones, and the IPs browsed all over the site before and after voting.

    I think some of these sites may actually have a lot of minions, I mean
    users.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to dragon on Tue Sep 28 04:44:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Mon Sep 27 2021 01:36 pm

    On 9/26/2021 10:34 PM, MRO wrote:
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Sat Sep 25 2021 10:57 pm

    > Without collecting personal information about the voters, I can't be
    > completely sure, no.
    >

    you should make it so you can only vote once per ip address.

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    That is already one of the checks.

    that's pretty strange then. something looks unusual about those numbers.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to Lupine Furmen on Wed Sep 29 07:43:00 2021
    On 9/27/2021 3:51 PM, Lupine Furmen wrote:
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: MRO to dragon on Sun Sep 26 2021 21:34:16

    >> Without collecting personal information about the voters, I can't be
    >> completely sure, no.
    MR> you should make it so you can only vote once per ip address.

    This is easily bypassed, all you need is an IP Spoofer and you can vote as many
    times as you want, just have it generate a random IP everytime you connect. -+-

    Lupine Furmen
    -Dallas Vinson
    Furmens Folly (FIDO 1:123/257) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23
    SSH: furmenservices.net:23222
    Before the Web - telnet: furmenservices.net:23232
    Legends of Yesteryear (FIDO 1:123/256) - telnet: furmenservices.net:23322


    Dallas

    ... I can remember when a liberal was one who was generous with his own money.

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    Just out of curiosity, can you point me towards one of these "IP Spoofers"?

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to dragon on Wed Sep 29 06:52:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to Lupine Furmen on Wed Sep 29 2021 11:43 am

    Just out of curiosity, can you point me towards one of these "IP Spoofers"?

    If you use a VPN, you'll get a different IP address..

    Nightfox

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to Nightfox on Wed Sep 29 12:32:00 2021
    On 9/29/2021 1:52 PM, Nightfox wrote:
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to Lupine Furmen on Wed Sep 29 2021 11:43 am

    dr> Just out of curiosity, can you point me towards one of these "IP
    dr> Spoofers"?

    If you use a VPN, you'll get a different IP address..

    Nightfox

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    That is true.

    Look, this is just a casual little time-waster project. So far the whole
    thing has driven a lot of activity and discussion. Goal achieved.

    If anyone wants to set up a bullet proof system and make their own run
    at doing this, they have my enthusiastic support.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Wed Sep 29 17:22:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: Nightfox to dragon on Wed Sep 29 2021 10:52 am

    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to Lupine Furmen on Wed Sep 29 2021 11:43 am

    Just out of curiosity, can you point me towards one of these "IP Spoofers"?

    If you use a VPN, you'll get a different IP address..


    i cant believe dude doesn't know someone can just load up tor and get a different ip in a second.

    not only is it strange for hundreds of people to visit his website and vote, it's also strange for so many to vote for that one new bbs.

    it's obviously the bbs operator doing something fishy

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to dragon on Wed Sep 29 17:22:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to Nightfox on Wed Sep 29 2021 04:32 pm


    Look, this is just a casual little time-waster project. So far the whole thing has driven a lot of activity and discussion. Goal achieved.

    yeah ok.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to MRO on Thu Sep 30 06:03:00 2021
    On 9/29/2021 10:22 PM, MRO wrote:
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: Nightfox to dragon on Wed Sep 29 2021 10:52 am

    > Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    > By: dragon to Lupine Furmen on Wed Sep 29 2021 11:43 am
    >
    > dr> Just out of curiosity, can you point me towards one of these "IP
    > dr> Spoofers"?
    >
    > If you use a VPN, you'll get a different IP address..
    >

    i cant believe dude doesn't know someone can just load up tor and get a different ip in a second.

    not only is it strange for hundreds of people to visit his website and vote, it's also strange for so many to vote for that one new bbs.

    it's obviously the bbs operator doing something fishy

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    Why do you assume I don't know that?

    Maybe I like to leave pizza on the coffee table and watch what the dogs do.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to dragon on Thu Sep 30 10:00:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Thu Sep 30 2021 10:03 am

    Why do you assume I don't know that?

    Maybe I like to leave pizza on the coffee table and watch what the dogs do.

    i guess you are pretty desperate for people to visit your website.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to MRO on Thu Sep 30 14:20:00 2021
    On 9/30/2021 3:00 PM, MRO wrote:
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Thu Sep 30 2021 10:03 am

    > Why do you assume I don't know that?
    >
    > Maybe I like to leave pizza on the coffee table and watch what the dogs do.

    i guess you are pretty desperate for people to visit your website.

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    yawn.

    You're a pretty deep well of negativity, aren't you?

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to dragon on Thu Sep 30 17:58:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Thu Sep 30 2021 06:20 pm


    yawn.

    You're a pretty deep well of negativity, aren't you?

    you probably think replying to me is some form of promotion to your website.

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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANT to dragon on Thu Sep 30 23:27:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Thu Sep 30 2021 06:20 pm

    yawn.

    You're a pretty deep well of negativity, aren't you?


    Pretty much. They say that a lot about me too.

    Turns out most of the times I say somethign negative I am right, though.

    People subestimates the power of hatred, spite, envy and jealeously. There is nothing you can't
    accomplish if enough poison runs through your veins. We pesimistic assholes will take over the
    world and turn it into a depresing place for everybody, mark my words!

    --
    gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken

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  • From Mr Ned@VERT/CAVEBBS to dragon on Fri Oct 1 04:18:00 2021
    Can I just say, your website is an extremely useful resource that has a lot of handy information. Thanks for running it!

    MN

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Arelor on Fri Oct 1 06:49:00 2021
    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: Arelor to dragon on Fri Oct 01 2021 03:27 am

    Re: Re: BBS/MU* Popularity Report
    By: dragon to MRO on Thu Sep 30 2021 06:20 pm

    yawn.

    You're a pretty deep well of negativity, aren't you?


    Pretty much. They say that a lot about me too.

    Turns out most of the times I say somethign negative I am right, though.

    People subestimates the power of hatred, spite, envy and jealeously. There is nothing you can't accomplish if enough poison runs through your veins. We pesimistic assholes will take over the world and turn it into a depresing place for everybody, mark my words!


    a lot of positive people are stupid and blind. they dont even think of questioning things. if you say something to disrupt their bullshit field you are negative.

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  • From dragon@VERT/IPTIA to Mr Ned on Fri Oct 1 09:58:00 2021
    On 10/1/2021 8:18 AM, Mr Ned wrote:
    Can I just say, your website is an extremely useful resource that has a lot of
    handy information. Thanks for running it!

    MN

    ... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader!
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    Thanks!

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