You did more than mistype – you misread and attributed a view to me I did not hold right from your initial response. For the final time, my initial post did not discuss filtering out those comments at all. Please do not put words in my mouth.
I have 20+ years familiarity with information technology. I use and set up VPNs and proxies also use Tor. I was also not talking about posts coming from one IP address, but from an IP block associated with a network provider in a foreign country known as a spambot haven (comments posted via Tor aren’t relevant in that regard, because the apparent originating IP comes from a randomised country for each individual session). I followed up to your question by noting that it was one of several indicators that work in combination to indicate a high probability fake.
I fully grasp those issues, but didn’t mention them because they were irrelevant to my initial point. My response didn’t address that because (again) I wasn’t talking about blocking comments, but identifying them and reporting them as possible fakes to a manager who, like the regime he works for, doesn’t care about the distinction between false and true.
I did read your comment, responded clearly that I don’t think restricting commenting to US IP addresses would be a good solution and in fact never said that. I apparently gave your comment more consideration than you gave my initial one.
I know you’re new to commenting here and don’t want to discourage you from doing so in the future. Putting words in people’s mouths or turning them into strawmen is strongly discouraged by management here, especially if you’re trying to cover for your own honest error. I’ve made my points and am confident that others reading have seen them, even if you refuse to. I’ll consider this discussion ended.
