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Risk of blocking legitimate users during spam IP blocking

Merchants are manually blocking IPs and emails to combat spam attacks. There is a growing concern that blocking a large volume of IPs may inadvertently prevent real users from registering or accessing the platform.

Discourse MetaUpdated Jun 4, 20260.48
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0.48/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.50
distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency0.64
freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.31
upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50
willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 2 verified quotes
I’m slightly worried that I’m blocking so many IPs that it might start preventing real users.
Forum·@one1··source ↗
Should I always be checking to see if it is a shared IP before I block it?
Forum·@fhe··source ↗

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