Comments on: Apple rumor site closed after settlement

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:24:01 +0000

If nothing else find a way to only ban people from the comments area. If my IP was banned by someone else I’d be unhappy. But I can do without commenting because I really just love the site for the information.

There should be a RLSLOG lite too. I dont know what that would be but I’m all for more RLSLOG.

By: Just_The_Doctor

Just_The_Doctor — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:46:32 +0000

A membership site wouldn’t work, the amount of views would drop immensely unless only members could post comments. However, you would get very few comments.

By: BlackPlastic

BlackPlastic — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:22:24 +0000

or….. (yes another afterthought)

Use a more complicated spam protection, like a proper Turing test. Something that takes a bit longer to pass.

Then people who just go “first” or whatever are less likely to bother. People with something to say or ask will make the effort.

Who knows, might work.. worth a try rather than banning IPs which is ridiculous.

By: BlackPlastic

BlackPlastic — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:18:41 +0000

An afterthought – why not use a bit of technology to solve the problem?

Make this a membership-only site, like *gasp* every other forum out there.

Problem solved – you ban accounts, not IPs.

An easy fix with a bit of planning. Just a thought.

By: BlackPlastic

BlackPlastic — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:16:09 +0000

Perhaps, but there are better ways of doing things than banning IPs. Remember, most IPs are shared.

The offender just reconnects to the net and is back again.

Some innocent gets that IP and can’t access the site.

I understand the concern (or rather, RLSLog’s *sponsors’* concerns) but painting with a wide brush rarely paints the picture you want people to see.

Starting to feel a bit stuffy in here. Think about it. Or ban me if you like.

By: tz

tz — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:45:32 +0000

“Apple lost the two other suits on appeal after a higher court ruled that the Web site operators were journalists and entitled to First Amendment protections.”

this part seems worth looking into

By: boast

boast — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:09:54 +0000

basically, TS didn’t want to give up it’s main source who some think was an upper level Apple employee so Nicholas decided to shut the site down instead.

By: no_rlz

no_rlz — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:34:33 +0000

steve jobs isn’t so nice like people say…

By: blobsters

blobsters — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:15:25 +0000

Sounds like Steven P. just wants the glory of announcing apples new products before anyone else can…what a baby.

By: d0rk

d0rk — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:13:59 +0000

why did i get baned just cause it sucked they’re closing, they should of lower the rate of the money

By: endoe

endoe — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:48:34 +0000

good to see sense prevailed. Apple shouldn’t have sued first off.

By: watcher

watcher — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:43:47 +0000

yes finally a ban of these fools.

ok. great news item.
hope it does not evolve into a childish apple vs microsoft debate like always.

By: 420

420 — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:41:12 +0000

It looks that not knowing proper English and running a scene release blog can generate you a nice amount of money if you know how to monetize it… How much money are you making from the ads on this site Martin?

It’s OK, I’m not mad at you. I make money from ads too. We gotta eat, right?

By: Unbreakable

Unbreakable — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:23:53 +0000

They had it coming.

-Unbreakable /Bmore

By: d0rk

d0rk — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:10:05 +0000

sux

Martin: BANNED