[Bb-trac] Re: [bbPress] #633: Anonymous Posting

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#633: Anonymous Posting
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 Reporter:  so1o         |        Owner:  so1o             
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  assigned         
 Priority:  high         |    Milestone:  1.0              
Component:  Back-end     |      Version:  1.0-alpha (trunk)
 Severity:  minor        |   Resolution:                   
 Keywords:  has-patch    |  
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Comment (by _ck_):

 If people want to resist registering then give them other easy ways to
 post like "Open ID" - anonymous comments on a blog post is one thing but
 an open forum with no identities will create insanity.

 If it has to exist, I'd like to suggest a random user id # instead of "0"
 is made on each forum that chooses to activate this "feature". This will
 make it harder for spam bots and hackers. bbpress will know which id is
 "anonymous", doesn't have to be zero. Zero would also break most any
 plugin that checks user_id.

 Please don't create this "feature" without some kind of turing test
 attached (ie. captcha, 2+2=? or something) and make it off by default.
 Otherwise bbPress will become known as the spammer's choice.

 Can I nominate the name of the role for anonymous visitors? ;-)
 {{{ if bb_user_can("spam") {echo "spam away!";} }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/633#comment:13>
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