/prob/ ʭ A Modest Proposal ʭ

Lets face it, GJS/JSB-1 was a failure. It attempted to enact a system of vetting respectable /prog/ posters, but all it accomplished was enabling trolls to hijack the protocol and create 'authenticated' shitposts[1]. The fatal flaw in the GJS Protocol, is the fact that the users of the protocol remain anonymous. What the GJS creator failed to realize is that there is a good side and a bad side to each and every poster here on /prog/. Our greatest programmers are also our greatest trolls. What I propose is a simple. First, we must all begin to use tripcodes. Then we must filter out all anonymous posts. If you see a post you don't like, filter out his tripcode. If a poster has a reputation to uphold, he won't sully his name with shitposts. If he wishes to shitpost anonymously, he will be filtered out.

I want you're honest opinion /prog/, what do you think of this proposal?


[1]http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1277199219/1-40

>>40
There's no other way, I know it sucks. Look at /prog/. It's full of shit.
>>39
I don't really think there is a way around that. Filtering single posts is a waste of time. And by hiding all posts of a specific user you still won't know his identity, only what he used to post if you keep track.

The internals must be kept secret to allow measures like "report user X for review if 25 % of his posts were hidden at least once"; "report user X for review if 10 users reported any of his posts in the last 48 hours". You can't put that in any official rules, people will exploit it, but it can be a very helpful tool for moderation. Essentially weeding out bad posters by community without them knowing. If you open source that, you have already lost, don't even bother

>>34
Exploit-proof
No.