Charles Campbell wrote: > In order to prevent spam, some sort of verification procedure seems to > be necessary. > > Vim's website already supports "accounts"; would requiring one to log > into a vim account before making tips or add-ons to tips help? > A verification step for account privilege (apply for account -> mail to > user with magic cookie -> user mails magic cookie back) should serve to > ameliorate spam, I'd think, although it'd still be possible.
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