Aptochat Abuse
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Aptochat Abuse
There was a guy a while ago in chat (I forget his username) who was launching off all kinds of homophobic/racist abuse, obviously just trying to get a rise from the other users (which he largely failed in doing). Anyway, I of course had his IP address on record, so I fired off a complaint to his ISP and got an email a week later saying they'd "dealt with" it. Possibly this means they did nothing at all, but possibly the parents of some sex-starved teenage boy were rather angry at the purpose to which their Internet connection was being put... I suspect most such sex-starved teenage boys would rather not find out whether the latter is in fact the case.
Point is, I intend to make this a matter of policy in the future, so please refer anyone doing something similar to this post. Luckily it doesn't happen much, but I'll deal with it if it does.
Likewise if you, as a good aptocitizen, see any of this behaviour in chat, please just ignore the user and send me a link to the relevant chatlog (or time/date if you don't have chatlog access).
Point is, I intend to make this a matter of policy in the future, so please refer anyone doing something similar to this post. Luckily it doesn't happen much, but I'll deal with it if it does.
Likewise if you, as a good aptocitizen, see any of this behaviour in chat, please just ignore the user and send me a link to the relevant chatlog (or time/date if you don't have chatlog access).
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Re: Aptochat Abuse
What makes you say he was sex-starved? Aren't oversexed people generally more angry?
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Re: Aptochat Abuse
I'll use this thread to apologise for my madness in aptochat last night. No racism or homophobia involved, just a good old nervous breakdown.
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Haha, excellent. Thanks for the tip, never would have looked otherwise. My favourite bit:Ben Hunter wrote:Apologies for my madness in aptochat last night. No racism or homophobia involved, just a good old nervous breakdown.
2009-12-01 01:37:00 Ben Hunter: i hate a girl
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Why am I ruining the forum?Ben Hunter wrote:I'll use this thread to apologise for my madness in aptochat last night. No racism or homophobia involved, just a good old nervous breakdown.
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Don't take it to heart, I was being a mentalist.Marc Meakin wrote:Why am I ruining the forum?Ben Hunter wrote:I'll use this thread to apologise for my madness in aptochat last night. No racism or homophobia involved, just a good old nervous breakdown.
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No problem, you ok now?Ben Hunter wrote:Don't take it to heart, I was being a mentalist.Marc Meakin wrote:Why am I ruining the forum?Ben Hunter wrote:I'll use this thread to apologise for my madness in aptochat last night. No racism or homophobia involved, just a good old nervous breakdown.
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Yeah, thanks Ben, that was well worth reading. My favourite part was probably:Matt Morrison wrote:Haha, excellent. Thanks for the tip, never would have looked otherwise. My favourite bit:Ben Hunter wrote:Apologies for my madness in aptochat last night. No racism or homophobia involved, just a good old nervous breakdown.
2009-12-01 01:37:00 Ben Hunter: i hate a girl
2009-12-01 01:07:01 Ben Hunter: god
2009-12-01 01:07:04 Ben Hunter: countdown
2009-12-01 01:07:06 Ben Hunter: why
2009-12-01 01:07:06 Ben Hunter: WHY
2009-12-01 01:07:10 Ben Hunter: why do i wath this SHIT
2009-12-01 01:07:19 Ben Hunter: i'm quitting fom rthis day on
2009-12-01 01:07:26 Paul James beat Ronan Kilduff, 88-78.
2009-12-01 01:07:26 Ben Hunter: what a load of fuckin pointless shit
I love watching rants and would strongly encourage others to do the same should they feel like it.
Re: Aptochat Abuse
Richard Brittain wrote:Aren't oversexed people generally more angry?
You must be positively furious.
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Re: Aptochat Abuse
It's lucky you didn't say "fucking", Ben, or I would have had to report you to your ISP. Such words have no place on the Internet.Richard Brittain wrote: 2009-12-01 01:07:01 Ben Hunter: god
2009-12-01 01:07:04 Ben Hunter: countdown
2009-12-01 01:07:06 Ben Hunter: why
2009-12-01 01:07:06 Ben Hunter: WHY
2009-12-01 01:07:10 Ben Hunter: why do i wath this SHIT
2009-12-01 01:07:19 Ben Hunter: i'm quitting fom rthis day on
2009-12-01 01:07:26 Paul James beat Ronan Kilduff, 88-78.
2009-12-01 01:07:26 Ben Hunter: what a load of fuckin pointless shit
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Re: Aptochat Abuse
Hollow. Desolate.