its pretty well proven that verified user requirements can significantly reduce participation in forums like these. sometimes the fix is worse than the problem!

if someone is hassling you or being a jerkwad the mods can quickly deal with it and if this latest problem is any example, they deal with it quickly by deleting the offending post (and curiously, even my post where I expressed disapproval to the poster).

bottom line for me is the vast majority of forums like this are run just like this one and have been for the past 25 years or so successfully! making it stricter, harder, more onerous, etc. is not a solution in my opinion! but I certainly mean no disrespect to those here with a different opinion!!