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0 pointsevgen5y ago0 comments

Since those accounts cost $99+ I would be surprised and demand proof if you suggested that they were available for less than list price. There are too many examples of a simple entry price being used successfully to limit spam and filter bad actors out of a community (or at least raising the bar to the point where the cost/benefit ratio is unattractive.)

Got a source for the bulk verified apple developer accounts?

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salawat5y ago· 1 in thread

I wouldn't call SomethingAwful a success story, so where else did you have in mind? All tenbux did was raise the bar for minimum effort involved in shitposting, and add a thin veneer of elitism to the mix.

Unless you're talking other places that shall not be named; in which case those have a very different kind of gatekeeping to be concerned about.

evgenOP5y ago

Worked for metafilter, and any fee that raises the bar for sock puppeting, shitposting and other such behaviors is a good thing. Elitist? So be it.

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