Abe Sokolov wrote:
Nevetheless, I am among the 100 most active users in this site's history; and although I am not a member of your cabal, I have just as much right to post something on this site giving you the perspective of the general editors as you people do. And if you don't like it, I'll just do it more frequently.
Good for you, and though you may not realize it, you're as much a part of the cabal as those who have disagreed with you on this matter. As for me, I think that your core point is in danger of being overlooked here.
My position is that your technical proposal is mistaken for the reasons cited by others -- our real problems aren't so much from driveby vandals who would be discouraged by a registration system, but rather from dedicated trolls and POV pushers who we have not dealt with as quickly and effectively as we should.
In this, I think you and I would agree.
--Jimbo