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Something Awful solved this problem twenty years ago by charging a small fee ($5) to register an account. "Banned" users could re-activate their account by payi
by khrbrt 6y ago
Something Awful solved this problem twenty years ago by charging a small fee ($5) to register an account. "Banned" users could re-activate their account by paying the fee again. "Permabanned" users would have to jump through more steps like different email addresses and payment methods. This upped the investment required for casual toxic trolling.
But this was for an old school "centralized" forum. Not sure what "paying for an account" would entail for a decentralized network.
- swebs 6y ago4chan also does the same with a $20 (paid in bitcoin) 4chan pass. Without it, people have to go through an awful captcha each time they post.