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that's like 500-1000 USD for the average middle class american - a steep price to pay for a membership with no obvious benefits I wonder why can't score IDs by

• AnthonyMouse 6y ago
  > that's like 500-1000 USD for the average middle class american Which would be $50-$100/year, i.e. still not very much. Recall that it costs significantly more than that to have internet access. > a steep price to pay for a membership with no obvious benefits The obvious benefit being that you get to be in the same network as the people in rich countries, and that network is not overrun by spam or controlled by a multinational conglomerate that uses its ownership of the means of communication to cost you significantly more than $10. > I wonder why can't score IDs by page-rank them - one's identity gets credibility based on the social score - hacker news manages to be quite effective at preventing spam using this technique What do you do with new IDs that have no reputation? If they can't post they can't earn a reputation, if they can post they can spam.