Okay, we've been discussing this on and off for months, if not years, now. You can read some of the arguments for and against here; also, older versions of the debate haven't yet made it off the front page yet.

Poll #77
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Should we turn off anon commenting in FW?

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Yes
132 (29.4%)

No
195 (43.4%)

Neutral
122 (27.2%)

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	backfromspace 2005-05-02 07:24 pm UTC (link)
	Couldn't they just kick out the original email address? The more complicated it is, the less often we'd have to deal with it, but still. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eljuno 2005-05-02 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	You can only kick out an e-mail address lower than your current on the list. So, if you're currently using e-mail #3, you can kick out any from #4 on, but not #1 or #2. Since there isn't going to be any number lower than #1, the first e-mail is the only one which, theoretically, can't be removed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	backfromspace 2005-05-02 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Interesting. You might have a workable idea here. Out of curiosity, what happens if your email account is compromised? Do you need to contact Abuse or something and have an admin manually change the #1 email? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eljuno 2005-05-02 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	That's pretty much the only thing that can fuck up the system, really, because yeah. Since the first e-mail can't be changed, if it either belongs to or is stolen by the person causing trouble, you're kinda screwed. Weirdly, that's almost exactly the major problem we're dealing with in one of my RPGs right now... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sepiamagpie 2005-05-03 02:06 am UTC (link)
	two backup emails first and then the main controlling email? Just in case. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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