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Allowing submissions only from users with a minimum karma (50, 100, 200, x) would be a better solution for preventing spam and flooding. Something similar to do
by joeyspn 11y ago
Allowing submissions only from users with a minimum karma (50, 100, 200, x) would be a better solution for preventing spam and flooding. Something similar to down-voting permissions that currently requires 500 points.
It would be also much easier to implement.
- dang 11y agoA few problems with that: missing a good story costs HN far more than tolerating a bad one (kind of like startup investing that way); users with higher karma by no means reliably submit high-quality stories; by closing newcomers out, karma thresholds heighten the risk of the community becoming insular, something we definitely don't want.