Is there still no way for unregistered users to post?

Contribute Feature
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I suppose that it might be possible for a plugin to add a sort of “Quick Comment” form…

  • Still need an email. The email address field would be part of the comment form
  • Submitting the comment form triggers a confirmation sent to the provided email “Click the link to confirm that you are the person who posted this comment”
    • This is primarily for spammer mitigation
  • On confirmation, a Staged User is created, as is sometimes allowed for Email-in categories. Username “StagedUser{blah}”
  • User can do this multiple times, all tying back to the Staged User
    • Now, you can promote completing signup as bringing the following benefits:
      • Being able to bypass the confirmation link on every post
      • Customized username
      • Notifications of Replys to one’s posts
      • &tc, &tc, all other standard discourse-y goodness
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