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by tmpz22 1333 days ago
Realistically if enough value exists a secondary-market selling "successful" accounts will crop up and anyone wanting to harvest leads on the forum will purchase one of those.

The site sounds cool but there are huge systemic problems with web based reputation systems. The reputation system can never be bullet proof, so maybe focus on other facets of the project IMO (unless your passion is the reputation system and fraud prevention).