We are witnessing a new eternal summer and the only way to stem to tide is to increase the amount of required personal identifying information to register, and then publicly shame these people as a warning to others. Maybe it is a good thing that I don't run any massively popular open source projects.

> the only way to stem to tide is

I see no evidence thats the only way. Its the only way that has crossed your mind as you were writing that message.

The two alternative solutions posed so far are 1) drop the ai bounty program 2) charge for submissions.

Present an alternative.

No, I dont have to. I never claimed I had an alternative.

All I claimed was that saying theres not alternative is unsubstantiated and you proved me right, by listing those alternatives.

They were listed in the numerous other replies, and in the initial blog post. Both have been dismissed as undesirable/unworkable. What's your point. I'm not interested in a discussion as to whether alternatives exist, I'm interested in discussing the merits of those alternatives.

You're a bot, aren't you.

It's not really a great ending. They or people like them just opened 3 new accounts. They just closed this one because it was tainted.