[mb-users] Fake editors! Again!

[Fred Marchee]

No more than one vote per IP?

Gioele wrote:
> Have a look at these editors and their votes
>
> foo4242: http://musicbrainz.org/show/user/?userid=397035
> foo4243: http://musicbrainz.org/show/user/?userid=397037
> foo4243: http://musicbrainz.org/show/user/?userid=397039
>
> and this edit:
>
> http://musicbrainz.org/show/edit/?editid=8726649
>
> There are also similar edits from the same editors.
>
> We saw something like that few days ago: fake editors create to push
> releases and other edits trough the queue.
>
> Could we implement some countermeasures? I'd suggest to implement something
> along the lines of:
>
> * No more than one account per IP per day
> * If there are votes, at lease one must came from an editor with 2-months
> old account
> * Drop votes of editors whose ID is within a certain range (20? 100?)
>
> I think these measures would be quite effective, or at lease provide a
> deterrent, against the creation of straw accounts for the purpose of
> forcing edits against moderators will.
>
> Thoughts? Other solutions?
>
>