#blocking at ip level

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Addendum to the bullying post

Conveyed anonymously via third party and paraphrased below:

"I think this (blocking anons) isn't the case. If you block an anon, you block the person sending you an anon from that location. I didn't find any proof or source for this but I think that's not how it works. VPNS can bypass the block, can't they?"

The information is linked below to the Tumblr help page.

Anonymous asks are not associated with a specific account, and blocking those will block the IP address of the sender.

Blocked users are unable to do the following.

Follow your blog.

Message you.

Send asks to your Tumblr.

See your posts in their dashboard.

Like or reblog your posts.

See you in search results.

Now, blocking at the IP level means a few things. For instance-

If the sender is using a computer at a library, a school, their work, or other public place, that IP will be blocked. It won't block someone else from using Tumblr, just if they want to interact with your blog.

When it comes to a VPN, that's an interesting question. The thing is that everything that touches the internet has identifying markers, even VPN. All VPN does is make it look as if you are somewhere else, which is why VPNs are popular for accessing media blocked in your country.

"Noooo! I'm not in Cleveland! I'm in... uh... York! Hello fellow English people!"

So your location instead appears to be the location of the server. Blocking an anon who is using a VPN will block the address of the VPN server they are currently using. However. VPNs can have multiple servers in different locations within a country, or in different countries all over the world. Blocking someone using a BVPN will mean going server by server until all servers for that VPN have been blocked, then the anon is free to jump services and start over.

However, Tumblr says very explicitly that this is a no-no.

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