[bombcar]

That makes me realize that banning is a punishment only usable on people who care about their account. Scammers don’t, a new bot account is a click away. But basilikum would be sad to lose his account.

[radlad]

For something like YouTube, there is a small monetary cost in order to verify a phone number.

[efilife]

you don't need to verify the phone number to comment

[basilikum]

Depends on how much Google dislikes your IP and browser.