>>1957276 (whoops)It is very easy to block all VPNs since most VPNs are registered in big IP registeries as being from VPNs (in fact that's usually how we tell that a user is using a VPN), all that would need to be done is to create a script to check every post's IP at point of posting against one such database and not let it post if it is a VPN. But, there basically is no reason to do it - handfuls of mentally ill anons running around shitting and farting with a VPN don't really meaningfully affect site function, since we have plenty of ways of mass-deleting posts which don't rely on IPs to begin with. Bans are just useful for stopping or slowing down bad content, removing the viability of bad content ultimately supersedes all (especially since /leftypol/ loves to take the bait).
>>35749Imho chans as a format are dying, but once 4chan goes (and it shall go) then all other chans will have a bit of a bounceback from nostalgia. If /leftypol/ can survive that long, I think we'll have a lasting niche as a small but interesting little chan community. We just need to keep up a continuity of community and the institutions of moderation until that point, however possible.