User blog comment:Equillibrium/Proposition to Ban Anonymous Users/@comment-6336669-20130810051810/@comment-5558140-20130811155757

well yes, giving out your ip is not really desirabled, but the big thing with ip addresses is that people will use indirect browsing, or proxy servers, to post anonymously (or troll anonymously) without any of it being linked back to their individual ip address. when an admin throws out a range block they can block a cluster of ip addresses that might be casuing problems, but if not done correctly they can end up blocking people who weren't even doing anything wrong, and having all users with accounts can make it easier to simply ban that acoount if they cause trouble.