I would leave the internal logic to the people at dev.to and the OSS contributors they have. Irrespective of that, you're idea seems a bit stringent since a lot of beginners post to dev.to. If I were to suggest, a round of recaptcha is perfectly reasonable at the least.
The logic is of course, up to the platform maintainers to determine, I was just throwing out an example for preventing comment spam that I'd seen work well (LifeHacker US posts, back then, could only be published by LifeHacker employees). There was a simple button for anyone who cared to view new user comments.
But yes, that system wouldn't work well for new users trying to post content, rather than comments.
Re doxx'ing - again, the contact numbers you're seeing are the ones the spammer wants you to see. Chasing those is like chasing faked emails, where the email has been sent from a server that allows open relaying. Regardless, my personal opinion is that doxx'ing should never be done. There's better ways to handle the situation, whatever the situation is (not just limited to spamming).
I would leave the internal logic to the people at dev.to and the OSS contributors they have. Irrespective of that, you're idea seems a bit stringent since a lot of beginners post to dev.to. If I were to suggest, a round of recaptcha is perfectly reasonable at the least.
The logic is of course, up to the platform maintainers to determine, I was just throwing out an example for preventing comment spam that I'd seen work well (LifeHacker US posts, back then, could only be published by LifeHacker employees). There was a simple button for anyone who cared to view new user comments.
But yes, that system wouldn't work well for new users trying to post content, rather than comments.
Re doxx'ing - again, the contact numbers you're seeing are the ones the spammer wants you to see. Chasing those is like chasing faked emails, where the email has been sent from a server that allows open relaying. Regardless, my personal opinion is that doxx'ing should never be done. There's better ways to handle the situation, whatever the situation is (not just limited to spamming).
Thanks. I wasn't aware of that. I hope the devs look at your suggestions as well.