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Related idea I got: one "easy" (nonmanual, not super-invasive) way for them verify names would be to do a credit card verification, which would verify that they had a credit card in that name.

But people probably wouldn't be too keen to give their credit card info to a free site just for "name verification".



This works for people with credit cards, but there would need to be another layer for people without credit cards.


Three words: Gift credit cards.


Given that my name is "Valued Customer," that influx of gift card users would probably fuck my chances of ever getting a validated Quora account.


But most people aren't dedicated enough to trolling to get a gift credit card so they can verify the fake name they want to troll with.




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