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by joezydeco 3510 days ago
By suspending his account, the user will just create another and continue annoying the very same people that had blocked him already.

Why can't Twitter do what Metafilter does? $5 to sign up and a 24 hour delay on any posting.
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ionforce 3509 days ago
I like the idea of that kind of approach (maybe not for Twitter), but I don't have any experience with it.

How is it working out for Metafilter?

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joezydeco 3509 days ago
I think it works pretty well. Granted, Metafilter is also heavily moderated to prevent conversation derails and general abuse, but that's also what the money pays for (not like money is a problem for TWTR, or is it?)

I don't believe the payment is used towards enforcing identity (MeFi values privacy and anonymity when needed) and locating abusers, but if things got really bad I don't see why that would be a huge problem.

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