By 'Hosts' I mean the moderators who, I understand, are paid employees of Apple.
Regards,
D.
iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3), 27 inch - Purchased January 2018
Maybe it is time to review a couple of pieces of information. The title of this thread is "Can the 'Hosts' here view my IP address?". People have given you links to the Apple Support Communities Terms of Use at least twice. (Third time's the charm?)
Have you read those terms? I'll quote an important part for you:
5. Breach of the Agreement
1. If you fail to abide by these terms Apple may remove your submission. Apple may also send an email that informs you that your Submission has been deleted or edited. Repeated inappropriate Submissions may result in your relevant account or accounts being placed into temporary or permanent suspension of your ability to participate in any or all of the areas on the Site.
2. If you post or send offensive or inappropriate content anywhere on or to the Site or otherwise engage in any disruptive behavior which Apple considers to be serious and/or repeated, Apple may use all available information about you to stop any further infringements. This may include informing relevant third parties such as your employer, school, Internet service provider, or law enforcement authorities of the infringement.
3. Apple reserves the right to delete any Submission, or take action against any account, at any time, for any reason.
You must have created your account with an Apple ID. What information did you provide when you created that account? I'm willing to bet that if Apple wanted to find you, they wouldn't need your IP address.
I don't know what your issue with ClamXAV is. I do know that you are completely wrong about it.
Apple places a high value on having a friendly, welcoming, and professional environment here on Apple Support Communities. If people step over the line, they will get posts edited or deleted. If you continue, and especially if you start going after the Apple hosts themselves, as you have done, they can and will kick you off entirely. They don't care if you have 48 points or 148,000 points. Apple only cares about the community as a whole.
Are your contributions assets or detriments to that community? That is not a rhetorical question, but it a question that Apple will answer for you.
Usually I use this page: https://discussions.apple.com/content
New threads show up there, from all forums, and you can see what you may want to help with easily.
HunterBD wrote:
Are polls not allowed here?
Did you just decide to not bother reading the Apple Support Communities Terms of Use? Or does something in them not make sense to you?
You are right! 😉
I am VERY good at what I do. 👿
That's good to hear, Phil0124. 😉
Where do you 'listen out' to see which new queries there are, with which you might be able to be of help to other folk?
Are polls not allowed here?
No. As stated in the terms of use linked above.
So sorry, I missed it. 😢
The penny had not dropped. Sorry. 😢
I do confess, though, that I do not understand why one cannot ask what percentage of users of these community groups do or don't use an AV software programme.
I'm not wanting to be difficult .... but how do you know that percentage if no poll has ever been taken? 😕
I care. 😁
Even the staff in my local Apple Shop believe that Apple machines are not susceptible to malware.
Sadly, they are susceptible to malware, and the Apple staff are totally misguided. 😢
And you are a troll. What's your point?
Then, by all means run whatever anti-malware, anti-virus, cleaning, optimizing software that you feel you need.
If you do not like the rules of the Apple hosted communities, there are
a whole raft of other forums out there in internet land that are Mac centric
and many don't care what you post.
Can the 'Hosts' here view my IP address?
