Author: KarinsDad
Date: 17:27:14 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 At first glance, this sounds like a good idea (I even wrote two paragraphs here on why Steve should be the only one to know personal data, for obvious reasons). However, after more thought, I realized that the problem with such a system is that it limits the forum. A 12 year old kid who does not have a credit card would not be able to ask a question. A person who loves to read the posts and only posts a couple of times a year would suddenly have to cough up a credit card. And finally, it would turn some people off that a free forum would suddenly charge a small fee. So although it sounds good up front, I think a lot more thought should be put into it. KarinsDad :)
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