
When we get more abuse from a single IP address than we do legitimate traffic, we really have no choice but to block it. If you don't think you did anything wrong and don't understand why your IP was banned.Īre you using a proxy server or running a browser add-on for "privacy", "being anonymous", or "changing your region" or to view country-specific content, such as Tor or Zenmate? Unfortunately, so do spammers and hackers. IP bans will be reconsidered on a case-by-case basis if you were running a bot and did not understand the consequences, but typically not for spamming, hacking, or other abuse. If you are responsible for one of the above issues. Having an excessive number of banned accounts in a very short timeframe.
Running a web bot/spider that downloaded a very large number of pages - more than could possibly justified as "personal use". Automated spam (advertising) or intrustion attempts (hacking). However, probably you perceive some ghostlike gray blobs at the intersections of the white lines - incredibly those gray dots disappear when you look directly at them.Your current IP address has been blocked due to bad behavior, which generally means one of the following: This size distortion is caused by the size of the surrounding circles and their distance to the center circle. The two orange circles are exactly the same size, even though the one on the left seems much smaller. The baby’s head is on the left, the baby’s feet are against the trunk of the tree on the right. This is a great example of an illusory contour. You should be able to see a couple, a large tree … and an even larger baby, facing upwards. Is it all black and white, or are there gray dots below, at the intersections?ĪNSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS 1. Are those two orange circles of the same exact size, or not?ģ.
An always delightful way to learn more about our brains and minds is to experience so-called optical illusions and to see how we react to them.īelow you have three fun ones to tease, and probably even puzzle, you mind.