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I’ve had a couple of people ask me how to track anons, as far as figuring out if it’s the same anon sending you multiple messages, or someone returning. Sometimes it’s easy because of writing style, but a lot of the time it all sounds the same, and it’s good to have some kind of confirmation.
The first thing you’ll need to do is install Statcounter on your blog. Their instructions are pretty clear and they walk you through it so much better than I ever could, so start there.
You’ll also need new x-kit, with the timestamps extension installed.
So you have an anon that was sent at 8:32 am. Go to Statcounter and click on Visitor Paths in the side bar. This displays information for individuals who visited your blog, and what pages they went to, including the time of their visit, location, and IP.
Notice how this very enthusiastic Ben Solo fan visited my /ask at 8:31 am. If there are no other visits to that page at that time, it’s pretty clear this is your culprit.
What I usually do, with hateful anons, is give them a tag, which you can do by clicking on the tag icon next to their IP address. Then it’s clear when they’ve returned or when they’re lurking.
It’s still very limited, because a person may be sending anons from multiple places with different IP addresses, but I’ve been able to identify that most of the regular hate I’ve gotten has come from a relatively small number of people.
One caveat about Statcounter is that it can make you kind of paranoid for a minute when you first get it. It can feel weird when you see someone like, looking through 10 pages of one of your thirst tags. But for the most part, I just try to remind myself that they’re more likely to be interested in my content than they are trying to dig up dirt.
Hopefully this was clear. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
this is really useful and i used this a lot a while back when i was getting wayy more hate. if you’re worried about an abuser or family member checking your blog this is realllllllllly good
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eclipsebykimlipmp3:
soyeahso:
I’ve had a couple of people ask me how to track anons, as far as figuring out if it’s the same anon sending you multiple messages, or someone returning. Sometimes it’s easy because of writing style, but a lot of the time it all sounds the same, and it’s good to have some kind of confirmation.
The first thing you’ll need to do is install Statcounter on your blog. Their instructions are pretty clear and they walk you through it so much better than I ever could, so start there.
You’ll also need new x-kit, with the timestamps extension installed.
So you have an anon that was sent at 8:32 am. Go to Statcounter and click on Visitor Paths in the side bar. This displays information for individuals who visited your blog, and what pages they went to, including the time of their visit, location, and IP.
Notice how this very enthusiastic Ben Solo fan visited my /ask at 8:31 am. If there are no other visits to that page at that time, it’s pretty clear this is your culprit.
What I usually do, with hateful anons, is give them a tag, which you can do by clicking on the tag icon next to their IP address. Then it’s clear when they’ve returned or when they’re lurking.
It’s still very limited, because a person may be sending anons from multiple places with different IP addresses, but I’ve been able to identify that most of the regular hate I’ve gotten has come from a relatively small number of people.
One caveat about Statcounter is that it can make you kind of paranoid for a minute when you first get it. It can feel weird when you see someone like, looking through 10 pages of one of your thirst tags. But for the most part, I just try to remind myself that they’re more likely to be interested in my content than they are trying to dig up dirt.
Hopefully this was clear. Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
this is really useful and i used this a lot a while back when i was getting wayy more hate. if you’re worried about an abuser or family member checking your blog this is realllllllllly good
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