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Makes me wonder what comes next. Could we create a forum where every member must do a 15 minute video interview with a moderator? I know this "doesn't scale" bu

Makes me wonder what comes next. Could we create a forum where every member must do a 15 minute video interview with a moderator? I know this "doesn't scale" but I think it could make for a funny gimmick.

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jabroni_salad 2y ago
private torrent trackers are/were doing that. It was really just to make sure you understood how p2p culture works and what the expectations are, and really easy to pass if you just followed a guide. However, I did see many people fail their interview.
- jmb99 2y ago
  Was there ever video interviews? Admittedly I wasn’t really paying attention but back when I was getting into what it was only IRC, and these days it still seems to be IRC anywhere that does interviews (otherwise class-restricted forum invites).
  - jabroni_salad 2y ago
    I dont recall ever seeing that. I dont think anyone doing piracy wants to be photographed or videoed lol. I did get in mumble with some community members but it was just a hangout.
- bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
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- drexlspivey 2y ago
  The famous RED tracker has a full on technical interview asking about: * Audio Formats * Transcoding * Spectral analysis and more. This is the interview prep website: https://interviewfor.red/en/index.html https://interviewfor.red/en/index.html
  - pimeys 2y ago
    Or you get an invite from a friend who always has a bunch of them. Although many people don't realize the expectations and can't cope up with the demands. RED is awesome, but in 2024 it might be hard to start from scratch.
bobsmooth 2y ago
A small signup fee is much easier.
- grishka 2y ago
  But it excludes people who don't have easy access to international banking.
  - bobsmooth 2y ago
    That's a feature not a bug.
ggu7hgfk8j 2y ago
We are increasingly moving to ID checks. Australia law just now. For all its faults it solves spam as side effect.
- ranger_danger 2y ago
  There are lots of random ID documents available on dark networks however.
- qqqult 2y ago
  It also makes it 100x more likely for you IDs to leak online as KYC companies are valuable targets that get hacked every month
matchamatcha 2y ago
When I was a teenager, I stumbled upon a music forum that required phone interviews for signing up. They had other interesting sign up rules, like you could not have silly user names (judged by the admin). I guess it served as an effective filter for their member base..
- lobsterthief 2y ago
  The silly username thing goes a bit too far though. It just means the admin will subjectively apply other rules. Doesn’t sound like a lot of fun.

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jabroni_salad 2y ago

private torrent trackers are/were doing that. It was really just to make sure you understood how p2p culture works and what the expectations are, and really easy to pass if you just followed a guide. However, I did see many people fail their interview.

jmb99 2y ago
Was there ever video interviews? Admittedly I wasn’t really paying attention but back when I was getting into what it was only IRC, and these days it still seems to be IRC anywhere that does interviews (otherwise class-restricted forum invites).
- jabroni_salad 2y ago
  I dont recall ever seeing that. I dont think anyone doing piracy wants to be photographed or videoed lol. I did get in mumble with some community members but it was just a hangout.
bdjsiqoocwk 2y ago
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drexlspivey 2y ago
The famous RED tracker has a full on technical interview asking about: * Audio Formats * Transcoding * Spectral analysis and more. This is the interview prep website: https://interviewfor.red/en/index.html https://interviewfor.red/en/index.html
- pimeys 2y ago
  Or you get an invite from a friend who always has a bunch of them. Although many people don't realize the expectations and can't cope up with the demands. RED is awesome, but in 2024 it might be hard to start from scratch.

bobsmooth 2y ago

A small signup fee is much easier.

grishka 2y ago
But it excludes people who don't have easy access to international banking.
- bobsmooth 2y ago
  That's a feature not a bug.

ggu7hgfk8j 2y ago

We are increasingly moving to ID checks. Australia law just now. For all its faults it solves spam as side effect.

ranger_danger 2y ago
There are lots of random ID documents available on dark networks however.
qqqult 2y ago
It also makes it 100x more likely for you IDs to leak online as KYC companies are valuable targets that get hacked every month

matchamatcha 2y ago

When I was a teenager, I stumbled upon a music forum that required phone interviews for signing up. They had other interesting sign up rules, like you could not have silly user names (judged by the admin). I guess it served as an effective filter for their member base..

lobsterthief 2y ago
The silly username thing goes a bit too far though. It just means the admin will subjectively apply other rules. Doesn’t sound like a lot of fun.