I was just wondering if requiring email verification for accounts would help safeguard phuks a bit from those that will see its existence as a problem?
If that's a stupid idea or wouldn't work, let me know. As I have very little knowledge with how the technicalities of it all.
I figured that most users (myself included) generally use junk email accounts to avoid divulging PII. Maybe even tell them to make a junk account as you cannot or will not safeguard emails, that way it wouldn't mean extra costs for maintaining and securing their info beyond conventional means.
Thanks for the welcome, this place looks awesome!
Advanced bots CAN shrug off email validation (they could manage their own email addresses and just follow the links), it's no better than a regular captcha
It would.
It might also turn away good users too that dont like giving out private info..
We'll have a discussion announcement if it becomes a problem.
Also, Welcome \o/