Most websites track IP addresses, keep them in a database, and use them for various things. You can find a lot of information on this online, however in the case of non-profit social media like Mastodon, it can be useful for tracking bad actors and blocking them from access. Most of the time they are used for commercial purposes.
I asked "why," not "who" or "how." "Various things" is the vaguest possible answer you could have given.
Why would user IPs be stored?
it can be useful for tracking bad actors and blocking them from access.
So the first two thirds of your reply were completely unhelpful, yes?
Why ask a question if you refuse the answer?
No need to be pretentious when you don't get the answer you want.
Most websites track IP addresses, keep them in a database, and use them for various things. You can find a lot of information on this online, however in the case of non-profit social media like Mastodon, it can be useful for tracking bad actors and blocking them from access. Most of the time they are used for commercial purposes.
I asked "why," not "who" or "how." "Various things" is the vaguest possible answer you could have given.
Why would user IPs be stored?
So the first two thirds of your reply were completely unhelpful, yes?
Why ask a question if you refuse the answer?
No need to be pretentious when you don't get the answer you want.
They weren't as they give context to why a person would want to store it