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posted by mattie_p on Monday February 17 2014, @08:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the certainly-not-here dept.

stderr writes: "I used to visit a certain website quite often, but if Dice Holdings decide to switch the interface to what is currently known as "Beta", I'll have to find another site for my "stuff that matters" fix. So, SoylentNews, what sites can you recommend for a "maybe-ex" /. user?"

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Bruce Perens on Tuesday February 18 2014, @07:53AM

    by Bruce Perens (916) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @07:53AM (#1473) Homepage

    Yes, pseudonymity is the alternative to being an AC. A sock-puppet, on the other hand, is intended to be deceptive. I have some vague thoughts on using reputation to discourage them. It helps that I have the comportment axis for comment moderation, that might catch them. We would need to show reputation values right next to their user ID (rather than moderating the comment). I'll work on it.

  • (Score: 1) by Aiwendil on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:53AM

    by Aiwendil (531) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:53AM (#1545) Journal

    Just a crazy idea if you implement reputation. Allow registered users to post with their uid/username hidden, and apply all reputation-changing effects to the poster and as soon as it isn't possible to moderate the comment anymore (archiving or maybe time-limit) unlink all references between the "posted as hidden"-comment and the account (excepting the reputation-changes).
    This would allow for an anonymity that still incurs a "cost" on the account for trolls.