markryall
commented
13 years ago all i did was changed the initial state of the accommodation to be unavailable and slightly reworded the confirmation page and emails.
can we get rid of email confirmation now?
Users should have to confirm their email address in order to list their accommodation on the site.
Otherwise we risk all kinds of nasty, as explained by Scott H in the following chat transcript:
Rob H. Scott Robinson: And it's necessary for unspamminess? Scott R. Otherwise, you'll get listed in five seconds. Rob H. i mean it's a good idea, no doubt oh right Scott R. @Rob As in, if we get any traction Rob H. by spambots Alex C. Without double opt in, we can go live and fix it as a first incremental change. Scott R. then rbls and spam bots and everyone else will check our site Alex: No. Alex: What happens is if you get traction Alex: Which is to say, even a thousand e-mails to a few large domains Alex: Then your site will be checked. Alex: And if you aren't already COI, then you will be listed. And it's fucking hard to get unlisted. And it takes from days to weeks.
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Group consensus ensued.