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[–]SaidOverRed 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Were the accounts used before then? It might be strange, but having a warning requesting that REAL PEOPLE should actually use their saiddit account to avoid having them deleted or re-quarantined?

Not sure about an exact solution but I can say that having a new user give normal posts for a few days during the probation period would do a lot to dissuade attackers. But for a regular user, it would not impose any problems, right?

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, they had not been used to post anything.

Not sure about an exact solution but I can say that having a new user give normal posts for a few days during the probation period would do a lot to dissuade attackers. But for a regular user, it would not impose any problems, right?

Yeah maybe accounts that are empty should be deleted. But sometimes people like to make accounts and just vote, but never comment or post. I don't know

[–]SaidOverRed 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's nothing wrong with going through a 'I don't feel like typing phase,' which is how I spent the majority of my short time on reddit. But having a user who refuses to type anything as an individual is a red flag on a new account.

I don't like unnecessary hoops any more than the next guy. Scratch that, I HATE hoops. But ... as long as you are up front that you have to use the account semi-regularly and actually put some time in post a bit in order to cut down on spammers or other bad actors, people will feel sympathy.

Remember the old battlenet 1.0 days where it would warn you about playing for atleast 2 hours and not leaving an account neglected for an entire season? People were fine with that, and we aren't asking for much different. And we have much more pressing reasons to ask for those things (attacks) rather than to just save on server space.