Where is the sign up button?

strypey:

But a low, one-off fee, to join this forum, would indeed deter spammers, and trolls (like the guy who persists in taking huge steaming dumps all over the topic about MOLE Training policy anytime anyone contributes). Without deterring too many people who care about participating usefully here. I subsist on a disability benefit, and a small, one-off fee wouldn’t put me off, maybe 1-5 credits (how much and which currency to denominate it in would be up to the @fdroidfdroid team).

Yes, this is my way of thought too.

strypey:

I would suggest experimenting with GNU Taler, for the same reason. I believe there’s been some big steps towards adoption of this in the EU, can anyone confirm?

GNU Taler is another great tool to do this, I am just not sure how available it is. I not suggested Bitcoin because I want to shill for it, but just because it has the most availability and can be used to make private payments.

vdbhb59:

In essence I agree with this. However, to speak in a forum, if one has to pay, even if say 1€/$/GBP/INR takes away the essence of free speech. We are grateful for any donation, but asking users to pay to signup and all, is not right. Moreover, not everyone can pay and not everyone has international cards.

Compared to the current state, where new user’s can’t signup and therefore have 0 free speech (on this Forum) it would be a great improvement to give them an option that allows them to join the community, while at the same time deterring spammers.