Posting by name/login only

Seeing that the state of this BBS is in fairly good shape, and fairly free banal postings on most of the boards, I was hoping this suggestion would keep it that way.

Basically, I was proposing to have a posting by name only system, mainly to stop the infantile and pathetic postings that have appeared on 4chan over the course of its lifespan, which have reduced it to the mess it is now.

This would work on a number of levels:

1: Obscene and general nusance posters could be banned more easily, cutting down on the 're-offending' rate.

2: 'Anonymous' posters would have their pointless drivel removed, inmproving the quality of the board as a whole.

and 3: Creating a nicer BBS, which would hopefully extent its lifespan.

Because personally, I think expanding the subject matter on the boards can only be a good thing (within reason).

Granted, even with a login, no BBS is going to be totally 'crap free'.  But this is my attempt to hopefully improve the BBS which I think has most promise at the moment.

Tell me what you think..?  Constructive critisism only please.

Here ya go -

"Registration keeps out good posters" - I understand the reasoning behind this, and alot of it I agree with, but also, a lot of people are put off by the mindless dross as well.  I'd like to give more well-rounded responce and critical answers to postings, but why should I bother when I'm going to get a responce along the lines of a one word 'shit' or 'anonymous rules the internet okay'.  Most people are looking for witty, intellegent chat, not mindless dross.

"Registration lets in bad posters" - I am not trying to tell you your job, but isn't the point of an Administrator, to edit the boards to stop over zealous posters that want to leave 80% of the messages.  The boards are meant to be for everyone, this completely defeats the point, if theyre aren't limits put in place.  Because without limits, you have anarchy (4chan?)

"Registration attracts trolls" - Unfortunally I can't argue with this really, because if someone is intent on destroying a board, they will.  Irrelevant of whether or not the BBS has a login, I would just hope people had more class and not do it.

"Anonymity is a virtue" - No its not.  Its an excuse to write any old crap you want because you know know one will know who wrote it.  If you genuinely have something worth saying, you wont mind having your name to it.  Because the names on here are only pseudonyms anyway, so only people with access to your ip address will know who you really are.

"Anonymity counters vanity" - You can be just as vain with words you use, with or without a name ie 'I think I am the best looking person in the world, because I have good hair'.  The only difference is, people will just see you for what you really a are, a shallow person.

"Most old-type software, such as vBulletin and Invision, costs money to use" - No problems there, your trying to run a BBS on the 'peanuts' people donate.  Maybe if more people donated, they'd be more interested in what people post (keeping the drivel from the pages).

I'm am guessing your still going to ban me though, even though I was actually trying to improve the BBS for everyone.