User blog comment:Cchen3/This is a MUST read admin blog./@comment-1829516-20160825010101

One of the things people need to understand is that EVERY computer has a different IP address. There's been a lot of misinformation floating about, but no, not everyone can be considered a suspect.

The only way to have someone's IP address is to use their exact computer. If you are going to suggest that they are 'hacking' to get that IP address, then you are mistaken on how these sort of things work. IP addresses can only be changed when people have IP hiders such as diffferent proxy networks or VPNs, but if a VPN were involved, then they wouldn't even have the same IP in the first place. If you have a proxy or a VPN your IP is either hidden or it changes to something different ''every time. ''You don't get stuck with the same one more than once unless it's your actually IP.

Yes, there are IP hijackers. But it's extremely hard to do and I doubt a well-skilled hacker would waste their time trolling a wikia about cat fanfiction.

Another thing is that the only reason we know that the hacker/troll/whatever had the same IP as Holly is that when we blocked the user, it blocked Holly's account with it. Admins can turn on and off whether or not we want to block the entire IP that the user has. We turned it off just so Holly wouldn't get blocked along with it.

So no. Not everyone is a suspect. Only Holly's household would be or whoever uses her exact computer.

If it happens again, we will block the IP. And since it's an often repeated offense on the same IP, it will be blocked for a very long time.