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Originally Posted by Chateau_Nomad
It prevents - to some degree - bots from spamming. I could easily use a script to make http requests and robo-post on insecure forums. By having an account and logging in, the moderators have a way of shutting you down, and can tell if you're legit... or a spam bot.
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I am not talking about posting, just wanting to see what link the poster had posted... w/o logging in.