w/o email verification it removes even the minor level of "trust" established by using an email. I could sign up as linus.torvalds@linux.com. It means you cant

w/o email verification it removes even the minor level of "trust" established by using an email. I could sign up as linus.torvalds@linux.com. It means you cant trust a word I say comes from who it appears to! And if nothing else; not having email verification means yo have to build a "dispute email" system. Which is open to yet more abuse ;)