Well, it seems today that I'm now unable to post anything over at the 4chan imageboards, otherwise I get this message:
"Posting from your ISP has been blocked due to abuse. [More Info]"
I can still browse the site, all the images and threads load fine, I just can't post. What gives? I've never posted spam or porn.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 6:34
Who is your ISP?
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Anonymous2010-07-24 6:41
@Anonymous: Etisalat, I'm in Egypt (inb4 sandnigger). Will the mods be able to lift this ban or am I forever fucked?
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Anonymous2010-07-24 8:12
Bumping..
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:06
Fellow sand nigger here, JUST got the same thing, and I'm using LinkDotNet.
I don't know what's going on either but I'm pret-ty certain there's a frame up involved.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:11
Also for the record, I never posted scat or gore or shit like that either. I don't know what's going on.
Mods, if you read this please help!
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:11
Woah man, what the shit's happening?
Has moot taken late revenge on us for 9/11 :(
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:15
Still not working for me. Status isn't saying anything either. Considering the ISP block is concerned with image boards only, should we assume it's image-related? I never posted rule-breaking shit. :(
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:15
You from Egypt too? Can any other Egyptfags confirm?
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:16
>>7
I think he's a little late there. Life's shit enough as it is without being able to post. ;_;
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:16
>>9
Confirmed. This thread is housing at least 2 egyptfags at the moment, me included.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:16
>>8
It's an ISP-ban bro. Even innocents can get harmed.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:18
>>12
Yeah but can't we know why at least?! Apparently we're the latest country to suffer this, cuz I'm not seeing any other threads complaining about other countries getting blocked. It's a country-block, not just one ISP.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:21
Damn, what the hell. Alright, let's try and appeal over at IRC. For those of you that don't know, head over to http://www.rizon.net/, sign up for a free account, and then enter chat with a nick at #4chan. That's the channel.
We'll have to try and appeal to the mods and see what the hell is just going on. I don't believe the mods are online though, fucking americans.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:22
Alright, but don't be too certain this is just any mod's decision. Something huge could've triggered this.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:25
>>13
I dunno man. This is ridiculous. Do you know where the list of banned countries is?
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:28
>>16
Nope, but searching through older cases, there used to be a list. lol now it's just an apology at the FAQ, nothing more.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:35
>>17
Well that sucks. Also, I noticed that other imageboards seem to be fine; I just posted at Gurochan.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:46
>>18
Unless that's on 4chan, I don't see how that relates to this case.
inb4 newfag
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:50
>>19
It was just an observation. Though it does mean that only 4chan is banned from us. What could be happening?
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Anonymous2010-07-24 9:55
>>20
I highly doubt other chans are involved. Apparently entire country's IP range got winged in in a spam blitz, but I can't even imagine why it would originate from here in the first place, considering how damn redundant that would be.
Can you mail m00t, then? It's the only next step I know of. I'll try too.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 10:12
>>23
Go ahead, but I heavily doubt we'll receive an answer. I think our best bet at the moment is to follow through with this >>14
At the very least we might figure out what happened.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 11:01
>>24
I'm already there. I didn't say mailing him was my only option but in NO way should you annoy the mods or anything.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 11:10
>>25
True, but it may be our only chance. What have you dig up?
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Anonymous2010-07-24 11:25
What I already mentioned before: Egypt showing up during some spam blitzkrieg. There's little we can do at this point. I already mailed m00t.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 11:28
>>27
Well, thanks for all the help. Let's hope things turn out okay in the end.......
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Anonymous2010-07-24 11:46
There's nothing more we can do. I know it's painful to just read threads and not post in them but I'm not planning on getting on their bad side with excess inquiries. We can only wait it out.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 11:47
>>29
Indeed. It's good of you to be cautious. We can only wait.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 11:56
Mods, please help! ;_;
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Anonymous2010-07-24 12:00
>>31
Please see >>29
I'm sorry man, really, but we can't do jack right now. Let's not make thing's worse by pissing the mods off.
Guys, do what >>14 suggests and head into the IRC channel. Mods are the names with @ and % symbols next to their names. Just say them when you enter chat. Also shoot moot an e-mail: moot@4chan.org
Heh, didn't realize we have people from Egypt posting on 4chan!
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Anonymous2010-07-24 13:13
>>35
Oh, and mods always have their nicks online, but they might not be physically at their machines.
Uh.. how exactly they're going to find out I am using a proxy or not if I used a random hosting site as my proxy?
Yes posting is disabled, thats why I don't care.
And it's 12:14 AM, go to sleep :P
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Anonymous2010-07-24 17:24
>>65
The site can detect posts made using proxies (unless you're using an elite one, that could give them a hard time). It's not impossible, though.
And I can't, motherfucking /v/ is going crazy over lotsa releases
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Anonymous2010-07-24 17:37
>>66
Thats funny. I remember posting through a web proxy countless times as 4chan was blocked back when I was in KSA.
Whatever the way they're detecting proxies with now, well I am sure there's an easy work around.
And /v/ sucks, I am sorry.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 18:59
GUYS HOLY FUCK I JUST POSTED
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Anonymous2010-07-24 19:01
>>68
Yup, that was me (alexandriafag). Just finished talking with them at #4chan, they were very nice people.
But spam IS coming our way so it's not guaranteed to stay up for long. Have fun.
>>70
Do NOT at any cost run any suspicious files (no renaming .hta shit, no .js bullshit). Avoid clicking on images related to spam, even.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 19:39
>>71
Oh we know that, and it's common sense to some.
There's a majority of idiots who wont be reading your post and will keep on doing stupid shit like that.
Sad tbh.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 19:41
It's a nasty fucking piece of shit running rampant through lotsa newfags machines, apparently.
ullah yel3an kimmo 3ala abu omm elli gaboo
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Anonymous2010-07-24 22:33
I'm in New Zealand and have been blocked as well, I've barely been on just lurking then went to post and got a message that I'm banned.
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Anonymous2010-07-25 14:31
>>74
Banned with the same "Posting from your ISP has been blocked due to abuse." message? Or just regular ban?
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Anonymous2010-07-25 19:26
Romanianfag here, now my ISP is banned as well.
Fucking retards spaming from our countries, now I can't post.
There should be a way to whitelist yourself when this happens.
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sage2010-07-25 19:33
Rofag here, forgot to mention my ISP was blocked last year as well(all 84.79.*.* class IPs) but for some reason they changed my IP class to 188.27.*.* about 1 month after that ban
I fucking had a bad feeling this shit would again come up one day ;_;
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Anonymous2010-07-25 22:47
I have MySQL connection error and the boards don't change.
Yeah, I hope they're removing the unnecessary and excessive ISP bans while fixing this shit.
These bans haven't stopped any spam at all, fucking bots everywhere as always.
Just get more mods and ban the retarded spammers. Wake up, moot!
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Anonymous2010-07-26 9:27
Another Egyptfag here, blocked as well.
What the fuck man, help us mods.
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Anonymous2010-07-26 10:00
Moot needs to ban Russia.
Abatap and his friends constantly spam /tv/.
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Anonymous2010-07-26 11:15
From India. I am banned from posting from image boards too.
Mostly goto /tv/ and /g/. what's up?
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Anonymous2010-07-26 11:33
moot's a faggot, that's what's up.
HURRR DURRR BAN HALF DA WORLD BECAUSE 3 FAGGOTS WITH BOTS ARE SPAMMING SHIT
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Anonymous2010-07-27 8:57
Indfag here too ... banned .. tried three different ISP just to make sure ...
Another Indian here. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU