[vmoore]

Where does this end? Like if the end goal is to block every IP that has a bad reputation score, why not go all in and block every Tor exit IP and every popular VPN exit node too? If you're gonna do something, do it right.

That said, there's nothing stopping me hacking a residential router to make my (anonymous) Wikipedia edits.

[perryprog]

Open proxies and Tor exit nodes are very often blocked on sight already on the English Wikipedia; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Open_proxies.

[sarsway]

It not going to end. AI will make bots indistinguishable from humans, it's already a problem, and will become a major challenge for online services, the internet, all digital content in general. Proof of Human is something that has to be solved sooner or later. The solution is already being explored, governments will have to issue citizens ID-Tokens on some new blockchain, specifically made for that purpose. That way, all content will be signed, and can be verified as genuine. Complete anonymity will be a thing of the past, but I don't think there's really any other way.

[criddell]

I think it ends with flipping from default open to default closed. Want to edit Wikipedia? Register and provide your identification.

[Kim_Bruning]

A lot of smaller sites based on wiki-technology do that already. The only reason wikipedia can stay (semi) open is because it has enough people to do regular patrols.

As usual it's a small misbehaving minority in the world who make it difficult to Have Nice Things.

[Semaphor]

> why not go all in and block every Tor exit IP and every popular VPN exit node too? If you're gonna do something, do it right.

Everything sounds like that is already the case? Is it not?

> Communities typically block edits from IP addresses that obscure individual users.

[kube-system]

A lot of websites do just that.