Author: Peter Fendrich
Date: 13:18:47 03/28/99
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On March 28, 1999 at 14:28:28, Bruce Moreland wrote: >Personally I would be in favor of authentication of ID's of posters, via a fee >that was collected via a credit card. > >If you don't want to post, just join just like now and read all you want. > >If you want to post, the first time you try to post it asks you for a credit >card number and charges a fee (like maybe $5), which I assume would mostly be >used to cover the cost of collecting the fee, the remainder being used to buy >Steve a few nice dinners or something. > >The idea is that when you pay with a credit card, your ID is established because >your name is on the card. > >If someone causes trouble, the name and the card get banned, rather than an >email address, which anyone can get hundreds of, as is evidenced by Sean Evans >and his > 91 accounts. > >It would still be possible to cheat, but it would be harder. Someone has to do >some leg-work and pay $5 to take a shot at someone else at least. > >I don't know if this means that posters' real names are available to everyone, >to the moderators, or just to Steve, but it could be set up any of these ways >wth no objection from me. > >bruce I think that's a good idea but why not pay some dollar more and get a better interface. The current one isn't very good. Take a look at this one: http://www.mindman.com/english/support/index.html select "bulletine board" in the left area. Just to read doesn't require any registration but when you want to post something you have to register and that seems to fit your idea with a "posters fee" just fine. The product they are using: http://www.ultimatebb.com/ //Peter
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