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Originally Posted by Pornwolf
Good post. While it's true that a law like this looks stupid to us on GFY, the business boards have become a large force in stock speculation, company rumors and general inside information. It's a dangerous thing to go unregulated.
Although that should be self regulated ON THE BOARDS THEMSELVES! It's not like those boards are some informal bullcrap boards.
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Well said and exactly where this is going next. I kid you not when I say that if the lawmakers can't get posters to establish their identity, then forums will be the target of litigation and law enforcement action if a post has a threat or other criminal or civil situation.
So either the boards take a step to confirm identity or get hit with so many lawsuits they won't be able to afford to stay open.
The ONLY way around it would be boards so private that members have to apply for admission ( as what's happened to several boards I'm a member of ) or to title the boards that have the protection of several rights such as 'the Smith Family chat board' where only members of the Smith family can chat. Since everyone in the U.S. is somehow related to someone named Smith and it's a 'family' board they can post whatever the hell they want and no one can say shit about it.