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>I just gave you a tangible suggestion for how you might maintain your standards

No, you did nothing of the sort. You asked why people don't do something, and I explained to you that they sometimes do, but aren't required to because, among other things, it attracts abuse from new users. There are more reasons I didn't elaborate upon, that are covered in the meta discussion I linked you.

Meta discussion from 2017 that we have rehashed repeatedly ever since.

Countless people before you have suggested all the exact same things. None of them ever bring any new argument (because there is a small set of coherent arguments that could possibly be made) and none ever show any evidence of having considered, or being aware of, the previous discussion.

Again: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/357436




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