These days have to check our IP logs and our analytics software every day before we approve any members. We have been around enough for long enough now to get some unwanted cling-ons, a few trolls who like posting offensive material, and a few stalkers who have it in for some of our more influential members.
This is a complete pain in the ass to manage and takes HOURS of time. One of the most persistent troublemakers could actually be thwarted with IP blocking, because he comes from a static IP. We're tired of trying to fix this with hacks.
What I would like is a management page that allows me to enter IPs or subnets and block them server-side. I have asked Ning to block IPs server-side and I just ran into a big brick wall. It wasn't that they couldn't do it, I just think they didn't want to do it, or they didn't have an appropriate management or tracking system in place to keep a record on IP blocks.
If they left this up to individual sites, it wouldn't be a problem. The site owner could enter IPs they wanted blocking from their site, and a note next to each IP explaining why that IP was blocked.
It would also be a great help if the sign-up IP of the new member could be recorded on the pending members page (along with the TIME of sign-up instead of just the date, FFS). This IP could be deleted as soon as the member has been approved.
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