These ideas always fall short for various reasons in practice.
One is that you mainly punish honest users who have to install and run this PoW crapware just to make a small but legit edit. Wait, I have to lock up my CPU for how long to fix a typo I stumbled upon? Lol, forget it then.
Meanwhile, abusers just farm PoW solutions and make it negligible. You end up with a solution that’s even easier to farm than quick expiry captcha.
And your idea doesn’t stop you from having to implement moderation anyways. You have to do the same work.
When making a response it helps to actually read the comment and engage in good faith.
>One is that you mainly punish honest users who have to install and run this PoW crapware just to make a small but legit edit.
I covered this. It's trivial in such a system to still have no-cost be the default, and ramp up only for certain criteria or during hot spells. Which is what I wrote. Also, an RSA cracker can run fine as javascript, no need to install anything. And legitimate users can build up over long periods. Further, how do IP bans, the existing default, line up with your "honest users" thing hmmmmm? You did at least read the title of this comment section right? You are aware that this is all in the context of something that is also a broad sledgehammer right?
>And your idea doesn’t stop you from having to implement moderation anyways.
I never suggested it did? Quite the contrary? Hello?
>You have to do the same work.
No, you don't have to the same work if attackers cannot attack as quickly and cheaply. Duh.
Meanwhile, abusers just farm PoW solutions and make it negligible. You end up with a solution that’s even easier to farm than quick expiry captcha.
And your idea doesn’t stop you from having to implement moderation anyways. You have to do the same work.