- Recon Number 54
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Well, here we are. I guess that it was destined to come to this.
Posted by: BLAIR223
Posted by: Recon Number 54
Sponsorship.
Accounts of a certain age are permitted to make an invite. A new account is partially the responsibility of the account who invited/referred them. If the new member gets banned multiple times, their sponsor loses their ability to invite/suggest new members.
New accounts (with clean records for a certain period of time with actual activity) are then "graduated" from their sponsor and can then sponsor new members of their own.
Anyone making a disruptive alt would then be putting not only that "disposable" account at risk, but the account that recommended them (which would be displayed on the probationary accounts information). The older and more trusted an account is, the more new members they could invite and sponsor, but if any of those misbehave, the trust of the sponsor goes down.
Sort of like invites to Google+ only with feedback to the process.
An invite only community sounds like a good but bad idea.
New, non-sponsored accounts could be created, but their posts-per-day would be limited until they either passed a probationary period or gained a sponsor (who took the time to review their history and considered them worth the risk). The sponsor would also be a "big brother" to the new account. The post limit would encourage lurking and getting to know the site/forums and community, the sponsorship would result in a "big brother" effect where the sponsor (out of interest for their own trust rating and perhaps even extra special titles or reward icons for getting new accounts to maturity) would counsel and advise the new member as to how to be a positive and contributing member.