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A piece of software to use for submissions could work. At least people won't be able to fake IP-addresses and stuff, so it will filter out a whole lot of small time cheaters, which is the majority anyway.
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Yeah, maybe that could work. to use the software to submit to the sites that use the system, you would have to use your code or "software key" to run the program which is then also submitted along with your info through a program or script that checks again the authenticity of the "software key" sort of like this:
1. my computer has the software which to run it needs the "verification key" which I had to apply for or whatever (pay for, etc to prove that I am myself and not 10 other people)
2. (this part i don't know) once the software for submission is open and running then it will submit to the sites that are part of the group. Or atleast allow me to hand submit to them separately because they might want their recips up, etc. The software submits my gallery info along with the "verifcation key".
3. my submission goes to their script and verifies my information and my "verification key". At which point it is either accepted or declined against the blacklist. At this level it should be for general cheating, i.e. redirecting, kiddy stuff, etc. whatever is decided before hand.
4. then the submission goes through the individual sites blacklist, because sites have different rules as to what is accepted and what is not, ie free hosts, number of pics, the tgp owner doesn't like you whatever. That way just because the tgp owner has a grudge against you personally he can't unjustly blacklist you to hundreds of other sites for no good reason. The site would set up its individual blacklist by "verification key".
I don't know, I use the word "verification key" loosely. The way I see it, by having the verification key and running it through a script to check it would weed out those people who submit 20 different urls (although they could get 10 different keys, I guess), it would spit out bad or false verification keys and duplicates, like if the same one appears more than 3 times or whatever.
THis way a submission would have to pass a couple of tests to make sure it is a legit submission. Part of what you want to accomplish is not only to catch cheaters but you also want to stop people from trying to cheat. In other words, if wanna be cheaters get stopped before they can cheat, all the better.