Rattle wrote:
] Again, I don't think this is the "big problem". Harmful
] trolls and spammers are going to be the problem. Remember the
] discussion on Everything In Moderation driven by the Slashdot
] troll? Those are the dudes I'm worried about..

I find if you manage a community well the trolls are few, but the spammers will come. The answer to both problems is effective moderation technology.

We can also easily limit the number of posts a day per user. We already have SOME limits in place. Legitimate users will never see those limits. Coupled with captcha we can easily make spamming a real hassle. Thats the nice thing about a system like this. We're aren't locked into a standard. We can simply eliminate the elements of other architectures that make them conducive to abuse...

] In general, I use the hardest authentication that makes sense
] and doesn't get in my way. I figure we will support SSL for
] logins, and soon.. Why not?

Because its expensive to scale.

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