I think that's moronic.
If someone knows how to program a bot, to sign up new extra accounts, or wants to bilk the rewards pool, this will not help them... or they can simply to pay to by pass this necessity all together.
MEANWHILE, many people attempting to join us are left confused with no pointer, and are upset that Steemit is not set up very professionally at this time.
I'm talking about people who want to create fake accounts, but didn't know how to do that because IP address, but now they can know because of your post. Before you start to call people some names, look how your post can be misused.