Quote from Rearden Metal:
There's no shortage of workable solutions, only the desire to implement them.
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I provided a solid solution to this crap 18 months ago.
There is a much simpler solution. Everyone who wants to post to ET must sign up through PAYPAL and be VERIFIED. Paypal is one of the few services that verifies internationally to a credit card/bank account/address, whatever.
Simple policy:
You can read ET forums. But if you want to POST, you must be a verified Paypal member, and pay 1 cent to ET.
That takes care of shills, aliases, flamers, Zionizer nutcases such as WAEL, etc.
Once banned, they will struggle to pop up again since it is hard to get a new verified-by-Paypal identity. They will mostly disappear from view, and this will be a more professional place.
People who are already members (and not banned) are grandfathered in
If they don't have a credit card or bank account, I doubt they are serious traders...
Why in the WORLD the owners refuse is unknown. They seem to like the 3 ring circus atmosphere instead of being taken seriously.
