One Bad Apple
Several traffic exchange owners have been dealing with a particular person who refuses to follow the rules. He, as he goes by a male name, joins traffic exchanges multiple times a day with different email addresses and surfs and surfs and surfs. Sounds great so far, except for the multiple part, since we all know that every traffic exchange allows only one account per member. The problem is with the URLs that he submits. They are framebreakers, and they set off anti-virus software. We keep suspending him and his sites, and he just comes right back and does it again, and again, and again. He is a nuisance for owners. The real pain, however, is to the other members, who send hits to his URLs and get back heaven knows what on their computers. And all the surfing that he does just wastes other members’ credits, because he is not looking to buy or join anything.
So what do we do to solve the problem? He uses a new email address every time he joins, so banning his email address won’t work. His IP address changes, too, so we can’t ban that. He has made it very hard to keep only him out. And let’s face it, where there’s a will, there’s a way, and he seems very determined to keep up this silly behavior.
We can cast a wider net by banning whole blocks of IP addresses. But then that blocks out a lot of innocent people. Seems a bit drastic to keep out one bad apple.
Owners do what we can to keep our exchanges clean. Some of us are lucky enough to have good support people. Some of us are blessed with wacky sleep needs and are able to stay online for a majority of the day. For the rest of us, please help us out and send in those site reports so we can get rid of the garbage. We are always grateful to hear from our members.
