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[quote=PolyesterTroll][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When enough posts are reported in a thread, Jeff will sometimes shut down the whole thread. At the end of the day it's a bunch of loser internet trolls saying dumb things. Don't get invested in the discussion.[/quote]

I think this attitude really downplays the role of troll farms in propagating fake news. It's not just random idiots - it's a centralized effort to find sites like this and use it as a platform to spread their message. Sure, it might get deleted in a few hours, but labor is cheap and they keep at it because it makes the fake news seem more mainstream.

Same with the uptick of posters who have been posting links to obvious fake news site with comments like "wow, is this really true?" A ton of posters will respond and call them idiots, but they've been successful in getting people to click. [/quote]

So how would registration prevent this? They'll just keep creating new usernames to post.[/quote]

At the moment we can't easily identify the trolls because IP addresses are very easy to change. Registration would make it easy to identify people who only post in the political forum, for example. Many forums I am part of require accounts to be X number of days old and with X number of contributing comments in other threads to post in certain forums or start new topics. You can create new usernames, but it's a lot more work to have to create new email addresses at different domains, wait X number of days, and also spend time talking about parenting topics. [/quote]

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