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[martin burns]

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At 15:56 21/08/00, Steve Cook wrote:
>the extreme trolling behaviour that we see
>nowadays at /. actually started at a site called Sluggy Freelance (I
>believe) and spread to Slashdot when they (SF) changed their policy about
>anonymous posting.

And we don't allow anonymous posting - the deal is you can make
a contribution, with the responsibility and accountability which
comes from registration.

Now people can of course *lie* on their reg forms, but that's an
extra step which many trollers won't take.

We don't check for valid email addresses (eg by sending a confirm
code which users must enter before they can post anything - it
may not be a bad idea).

Cheers
Martin
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