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A simple forced login with email verification would have ended all of this nonsense. Throw recaptcha for good measure.
by peregrine 18y ago
A simple forced login with email verification would have ended all of this nonsense. Throw recaptcha for good measure.
- randomtask 18y agoBugmenot ftw!
- khafra 18y agoPresumably the bugmenot login would only be allowed to vote once.
- potatolicious 18y agoTIME's purpose with the poll was to drive traffic and interest - the integrity of the poll is a very distant second concern. Throw up barriers around voting and you remove the participation and thus traffic from the equation.
- CalmQuiet 18y agoIf their purpose(s) include only "to drive traffic and interest" -- then they can forget about pretending that "journalism" (i.e., valuable, reliable content) is no longer their business.
- sachinag 18y agoI believe this is how MLB and the other leagues do it for All-Star voting. In MLB, you get 25 votes (one for each hypothetical home game your team has before the end of voting).