in your quote you disregarded the most important point, the fact that there is freedom, and there is necessity, thus the quote is out of context.
I may have disregarded the necessity, portion only because I do not see the necessity of buying an account. IMO it is more likely that a bought account is just dropping off another shitposter/spammer here for their "work", or worse some scammy scumbag.
the reality though is that the 2nd idea is impractical, since it actually requires much more work than simpel recovery
If this is referring to the
linked topic, that in no way is meant to replace recovery. It is more like making the account "whole", after the fact. I think it would provide incentive for users to try as best they can to pick up where they left off knowing once their account is restored they will have continued to add to the accounts status.
and the 1st one is doable, but do you really people will start dealing with all this stuff as to see the proof that you are who you are? I mean, most people don't even know how to verify a message And all is it is doing is overlooking the real issue at stake.
Maybe they will, maybe they won't.
When it comes to a signed message I can't think of 1 thread where someone hasn't quoted and verified the signed message. This takes the onus of whoever does dig in. This is not overlooking the real issue, it's a band-aid to try and assist people in your situation to continue to use the forum in a similar manner to before the hack.
Additionaly, we both know that rank matters and we both know that now it is next to impossible to get to a proper high enough rank, which makes this loss and the inability of the admins to act even worse.
Your right rank does matter, but it's not the be all end all. Merit does make it more difficult to rank up, but not impossible.
I'm just wondering what are you not able to do now that you were before you got hacked? I didn't follow you much but I remember a lot of hardware sales, and calling out scammers. There is nothing stopping you from doing this, no matter what your rank is.