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If the IP address matches, either the poster is in the same network (office, place of employment, or household-like a sibling) or it's the OP guys 
If I were to ask Kingston to tell me my IP address, he should be able to (that's how he can ban and block users) accurately. Now let's say sometimes I posted from work, then that IP address would pull up (consistently). So now Kingston could pull his logs and ban both of those IP's. There's even a way for an admin to tell if a post is coming from an iPhone or other smartphone.
I don't know who whodeedle (or whatever) is...a poster from here? someone from twitter? If it's a poster from here and the IP addresses consistently match for both posters, it's almost certainly the same poster (w/the exceptions I gave above).
A proxy gives you the ability to hide behind a different IP address almost everywhere and every time you post (if you so choose), hence @greatwhite's list of the same poster w/different IP addresses.
If someone has no idea about IP addresses and/or proxies..you just got a basic lesson. It's very easy to get caught doing something you might not want to come back to bite you in the arse if you're clueless about IP's. However, having said that...I'm still confused bc I have no idea who whoadeedle is or why the animosity? Was it someone like lolsmileyface who probably has an alter ego on the boards?
However, has there been confirmed proof by a mod it's the same IP?

If I were to ask Kingston to tell me my IP address, he should be able to (that's how he can ban and block users) accurately. Now let's say sometimes I posted from work, then that IP address would pull up (consistently). So now Kingston could pull his logs and ban both of those IP's. There's even a way for an admin to tell if a post is coming from an iPhone or other smartphone.
I don't know who whodeedle (or whatever) is...a poster from here? someone from twitter? If it's a poster from here and the IP addresses consistently match for both posters, it's almost certainly the same poster (w/the exceptions I gave above).
A proxy gives you the ability to hide behind a different IP address almost everywhere and every time you post (if you so choose), hence @greatwhite's list of the same poster w/different IP addresses.
If someone has no idea about IP addresses and/or proxies..you just got a basic lesson. It's very easy to get caught doing something you might not want to come back to bite you in the arse if you're clueless about IP's. However, having said that...I'm still confused bc I have no idea who whoadeedle is or why the animosity? Was it someone like lolsmileyface who probably has an alter ego on the boards?
However, has there been confirmed proof by a mod it's the same IP?