Provider Poll Discussion

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• sureiam Member

  January 2018

  @teamacc said:

  @sureiam said:
  Perhaps they could use ip data? Sure the mods that created the thread can see it But maybe that'll be something for next year

  Use the signup ip? Use the last-seen ip? Use which geolocation service? What if the ip checks out to be a VPN? Does that even count?

  Last seen IP and just deal with the vpn possibility as a variant like a mailed in vote. But i do see your point. Perhaps we can just ask and see if people are willing to say their country code in their vote? I know though this is just complicating it more. Maybe it would be just easier to have regional awards like best global, best NA, best euro, best asia, etc providers. And distinguish it that way. That'd be cool anyway for those looking for services.
• caracal Member

  January 2018

  @sureiam said:

  @teamacc said:

  @sureiam said:
  Perhaps they could use ip data? Sure the mods that created the thread can see it But maybe that'll be something for next year

  Use the signup ip? Use the last-seen ip? Use which geolocation service? What if the ip checks out to be a VPN? Does that even count?

  Last seen IP and just deal with the vpn possibility as a variant like a mailed in vote. But i do see your point. Perhaps we can just ask and see if people are willing to say their country code in their vote? I know though this is just complicating it more. Maybe it would be just easier to have regional awards like best global, best NA, best euro, best asia, etc providers. And distinguish it that way. That'd be cool anyway for those looking for services.

  Do we even have enough overall votes to split it this way? I could see the value if we have a few thousand votes to break down, but at the current numbers it may diminish and dilute the votes too much.
• Xei Member

  January 2018 edited January 2018

  @Maounique said:

  sureiam said: i can't understand why state bound users would want their data in Europe.

  But... But... Offsore, no DMCA???

  EU is generally believed to have better privacy regulations than the US also.

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• sureiam Member

  January 2018

  @Xei said:

  @Maounique said:

  sureiam said: i can't understand why state bound users would want their data in Europe.

  But... But... Offsore, no DMCA???

  EU is generally believed to have better privacy regulations than the US also.

  Depends on the country from what i know Germany for example is even more strict than the US.
• AnthonySmith Member, Patron Provider

  January 2018

  Seems to be an alarming amount of people joining just to vote, shenanigans?

  Thanked by 2vimalware layfon
• ehab Member

  January 2018

  @AnthonySmith said:
  Seems to be an alarming amount of people joining just to vote, shenanigans?

  thank god there are no negative voting.

  Thanked by 2AnthonySmith bersy
• rm_ IPv6 Advocate, Veteran

  January 2018

  The Vultr scam discussion just got censored entirely from the thread? Not even moved here? Wow.
• Amitz Member

  January 2018

  Which Vultr scam discussion? I missed it...
• Tom Member

  January 2018

  @hawc does say discussion will be removed if not in here...
• rm_ IPv6 Advocate, Veteran

  January 2018 edited January 2018

  @Amitz is there a log of deleted posts in this forum? Anyways let's continue there: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/2600998/#Comment_2600998

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• hawc Moderator, LIR

  January 2018

  @Amitz said:
  Which Vultr scam discussion? I missed it...

  I deleted some non voting posts from the other thread

  Thanked by 1Amitz
• Amitz Member

  January 2018

  @rm_ said:
  @Amitz is there a log of deleted posts in this forum? Anyways let's continue there: https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/2600998/#Comment_2600998

  This is Vanilla... :-( There is a log of changed posts (which does not work very well), but not for deletions, as far as I know and can see.