11-15-2012, 04:22 AM
This is just another thing that should be handled in software, as in "filter out posts where (user < 100 posts *and* non-US IP)".
Otherwise, a really onerous registration process.
Things like CAPTCHA don't work as well as they should: spam is a huge industry, so you can hire decoders for that too.
Long-term it all hardly matters unless the old institutions collapse before they finish ruining the internets -- after it's all sanitized and locked down for eternal copyright, forums like this will only exist in a semi-underground store-and-forward network like the Fidonet (or UUCP) of olden times.
Some would find the above a bit trollish, but at least it's not spam.
Otherwise, a really onerous registration process.
Things like CAPTCHA don't work as well as they should: spam is a huge industry, so you can hire decoders for that too.
Long-term it all hardly matters unless the old institutions collapse before they finish ruining the internets -- after it's all sanitized and locked down for eternal copyright, forums like this will only exist in a semi-underground store-and-forward network like the Fidonet (or UUCP) of olden times.
Some would find the above a bit trollish, but at least it's not spam.