TOPIC: [Forums] No More IP Showing Signatures

Server Name: Forums

Suggestion Title: No more IP showing Signatures

How would it benefit the server: As you know we have a few people in the community that stream, and on twitch there are thousands of people trying to give others a bad day. I feel that if they're streaming, go on the ZARP forums to browse a thread, or make a new post etc, and the viewers of there stream see's their IP through another players signature, its a huge invasion of privacy, and could cause multiple complications, such as if they're a staff member they might not be able to help on the servers, and it also ruins their stream for however long they're being ddosed.

Potential Issues/Exploits: None

Additional notes: #Morgz

PLUS support times 1000000 , i find this very annoying and it makes me feel very uncomfortable seeing those Ip show up . .

Or you could just block those images by using adblock.

Aureatron wrote:
As I know many people that don't use adblock, I don't think its a suitible fix.

I have never encountered this

Aureatron wrote: Maybe some people like to give people money for their work by watching ads instead of being selfish and only thinking about ''I don't want ads.'' but not about the creators or said websites/videos/whatever.

My solution: Don't open the thread when streaming.

LineLiar wrote:
I use Ad Block on Youtube and other sites unless the person I am watching is someone I support but I would not go so far as to say it is selfish. Yes they need to make money but ads are not the only way they do that. Eg. People sponsor them to mention certain games or items in their video and they get X amount per X amount of views. Another example is patron where people get donate to the people they like.

LineLiar wrote: Just untick the "EasyList" and it won't block any ads.

Wallcop wrote: A lot of people do not like sponsored videos since they can be extremty biased or just not fun being all they're doing these for is money. Ads are a better way to support someone than thinking: ''ah they'll just do sponsored videos and it will be fine.'' They take the sponsored videos because they need to, because people exist that keep using adblock. It's not like most YouTubers like to do these, but it is necessary being of the vast amount of people using AdBlock.

Not everyone does have money to support their favourite YouTubers on Patreon for example. For a lot of people it is easier to just watch ads than to pay 1 dollar per month for example. You also make it sound like everyone that uses AdBlock uses Patreon, which is not the case at all. I think that if AdBlock became something illegal, YouTubers would definitely see their income rise a lot. While there might be some people whitelisting certain YouTubers, the majority won't. I know users don't like to actually admit to this, but AdBlock is the problem here.

Also Aureatron, people install AdBlock to not see any ads, so why would you think a lot of people use the EasyList? All I can see is excuses for using AdBlock, but in the end AdBlock is a bad thing and you definitely don't support them by using it. So please, get out with all the excuses and admit that you are not supporting website/video creators by the use of AdBlock. So yes, it is selfish. ''I don't want to watch a 10 second ad and therefore I am not giving the money the creator of this video/website deserves.''

such an important addition to the server

Exrobite wrote:
Exactly.

I don't believe this will prevent anyone from "DDoSing" the Servers.
Plus the leadteam is always working on it to fix the issues.

Nexize wrote:
This suggestion has nothing to do with people ddosing the server.

Morgan wrote:
yeah I've been miss-reading this part:
Morgan wrote:
However, It's easy to find people's IP anyway. If someone really wants to DDoS them while streaming, they're going to do it anyway. It's not like they randomly see their IP on the forums and think about ddosing them.

This is the streamers responsibility, if they don't want signatures they can't easily disable it as stated above. For normal users the information is purely client side.