Yoda writes 'If that person had used an alias to post they would have not been persecuted so shameless'
Exactly. The KB community does not see the ways in which it shoots itself in the foot, on many levels. Their attitude creates the need for anonymous identities on forums. Ironic, really.

E, you are almost correct, by my assessment. #2 affects #1, so in some ways it can be seen as the same issue (at least within the context of this discussion). With Verified names, moderation becomes easier. It becomes less easy for someone to just re-register after being banned because the process of registering becomes more involved. There are major downsides, of course, such as the growth of the website will slow to a crawl. However, the people that are here will probably remain loyal to the website and appreciate it even more than before.

It IS possible to have a moderation framework that works with the current setup, which allows Anonymous posters. However, the amount of resources (number of moderators, time it takes to program the moderation tools) it would take far extends past my available resources. There is a way to prevent people from re-registering after being banned, even though they have an anonymous identity on Ax. There is a way to have people legally accuntable for what they say on a public forum, even though they have an anonymous profile. For an example of this, do a search on the RIAA and the MP3 music trading scene. People that are online aren't always as anonymous as they think. The system here at Ax is currently imperfect because of resource limitations.

Phil, I believe that 'E' already answered that question with 'I feel I can be more open with you this way.'.

Dynamo, you obviously didn't read all of what was written, or else you wouldn't have written 'even if Brian will make this a paid site nobody will check if it is really me or not'. How can you make such comments about an entire thread when you didn't even read it all?