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[–] WhiteRonin [S] ago 

Well you know I would to hear how you solve that instead of just stating the obvious on why the current system doesn't work.

You never even attempt to address why people create alts at least I tried.

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[–] Talc 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I tried as well, but the only solution I have to bring to the table is one that is not acceptable to the users on here, there's no point in me bringing it up over and over because people don't want it.

You can't stop people creating alts unless you're prepared to ban large blocks of ip addresses, including entire VPNs where they cannot manage their own users due to their logging policies. For obvious reasons, many on here don't want to see VPNs get banned.

As long as people can create alts then any banning / blocking / sanctioning of user accounts is ineffective, the most you can achieve is force someone to select a new username. We've already seen how absolutely pointless that was against amalek.

Sorry I don't have the solution, I believe there was only one solution and it's been rejected leaving an insoluble problem.

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[–] WhiteRonin [S] ago 

IP blocking has been done years ago and you end up with banning innocents in the sweep. Plus VPN's are a way around it.

Go to email based registrations? Nope, it's easy to create a new email. I've even gotten around free email registration blocks by finding a free email service that wasn't blacklisted.

The surest way to block somebody is to tie users to telephone numbers but who in their right mind would want to allow oauth for a site like this. I've gotten around phone number based registrations but it requires a burner phone. But after you burn that number you also have to hope that a verification is never needed.

I see where you are coming from but look at what you have to do and many people like to remain anonymous.

I totally agree that alts are a problem. Which is why I was trying to come up with a social engineered method. A ban is very in your face and confrontive. While blocking is a shadow method and blocked person would have to figure out if they got blocked or are just being ignored. If a lot of people "pretended" to block somebody and then pop out with "nope, you weren't" it always make them wonder the next time.

I do agree that this problem isn't easily solvable within the confines that most people would consider as being privacy friendly too.