AD FRAUD QUESTION!

[anonimousse]

what happens if there's a false positive for ad fraud? i mean.. there wouldn't be any easy way to offer proof except just through the people involved saying "but it wasn't me, honest"

so... say his cousin visits him and logs on... then somehow this is flagged and for some reason, he was accused of fraud, got his accounts banned, etc... woudl there be any way for him to get it back?

in a more likely scenario, let's say 3-4 individuals play aRO, unknown to each other, at a university housing 16k+ people... It happens that there are 40-50 access points in the school, each with their own IP. One day, the wifi from one point is stronger than the other, and it just so happens that two people that play RO end up voting/doing ads on the same wifi access point... would they get banned?

That's my same dilemma right there. I used to vote at school, too, but I stopped voting there since the news about ad frauds came out.  I'd rather not vote than risk my characters getting banned.

But a solution to this would be very much appreciated.

[notthecheatr]

That's a good question.  I can understand a ban if it's being done constantly and consistently, but what if it only happens once or twice?  Or perhaps the question should be, how much money has to be involved before it becomes ad fraud?  Or is it ad fraud even if a single penny is taken by more than one person from the same IP?