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> It's easier to throttle people if you have to use an account to access the information. That's not true in the slightest. I can create as many accounts as I
by Sir_Substance 9y ago
> It's easier to throttle people if you have to use an account to access the information.
That's not true in the slightest. I can create as many accounts as I can have email addresses, and I can have as many email addresses as I want.
Robust throttling _requires_ an alternative throttling mechanism that works independent of account information, otherwise I can round-robin between accounts to bypass all throttling.
If you're gonna have that anyway, we're back to "no technical need for accounts".
- iEchoic 9y ago> Robust throttling _requires_ an alternative throttling mechanism that works independent of account information If they use Facebook login instead of email, how do you plan on getting thousands of Facebook accounts?
- Sir_Substance 9y agoA) They didn't require facebook login B) It's been a while since I last checked, but I don't believe there's anything stopping me from just making shittonnes of facebook accounts C) Facebook accounts are about 90c each, if you're desperate: https://buyaccs.com/en/buy-bulk-facebook-accounts.php https://buyaccs.com/en/buy-bulk-facebook-accounts.php Accounts are not a throttling mechanism. In and of themselves, they cannot be.