Welcome to HN! Like you, I lurked for a long time (a couple of years) before a comment got me emotionally charged up enough to finally create an account. I'm

Welcome to HN! Like you, I lurked for a long time (a couple of years) before a comment got me emotionally charged up enough to finally create an account. I'm certainly glad I did, though. Yeah, every once in a while somebody "pees in the pool" but (as I'm sure you already know) normally the conversation and dialogue here is better than what you'll get at most other venues on the Internet. Now that you've got an account, just stay logged in, continue contributing, and help even out the signal-to-noise ratio a little bit more.