>I knew nothing about tripcodes until now, thank you. Won't it be a drag to have to type in a tripcode each time you want to post something? Isn't it better to

>I knew nothing about tripcodes until now, thank you. Won't it be a drag to have to type in a tripcode each time you want to post something? Isn't it better to allow having a username and password, but hash whatever is displayed as an identifier on the screen to preserve anonymity? Yes and no, you could just say that the tripcode is a password, and then the user wouldn't even have to type the username :) Also you can save it to localstorage or something, so that the user has to type it only once. >On spam, it's not anonymity that leads to spam. You get spam on sites that have username/passwords too, like HN. You can fight it in the usual ways any site fights spam. I agree, let me say that differently: such a site would have a very low barrier to entry, easily exploitable by bots. Just type in your post, eventually a name/password/tripcode/however you call it, and press the publish button. Easier that the usual register, confirm valid email, publish. >(A note for HN moderators: your algorithm for detecting spam links automatically deletes a new post from a new user.) Are you using tor? Because I remember reading that if you create a new account on tor you have to wait two weeks before your account is allowed to post.