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require 200 karma for submission?
by epochwolf 16y ago
require 200 karma for submission?
- petercooper 16y agoEven requiring 3 or 4 karma would wipe out nearly all the deads (which I have turned on, sometimes good front page stuff gets deaded..) and 50 karma would get the page down to about half.
- kgermino 16y agoThe biggest problem with setting a minimum, particularly one that high is that it is extremely difficult to get a lot of karma from comments alone, especially for new users without name recognition.
- cglee 16y agoThat's the point: raise the bar by forcing the new users to hang around and get a feel for the culture before submitting. On top of that, acquiring 200 karma points on HN definitely doesn't fall into the "extremely difficult" category.
- gommm 16y agoYes but I think a lower amount like 50 would probably be enough or at least a good test before trying an higher threshold..
- gaustin 16y ago200 karma is not an onerous burden. I've been reading HN for years, but only started posting comments regularly in the past couple of months (maybe two or three posts per week). Right now, I'm over 100, and I'm not that insightful. If I had something to say and paid more attention to posting in threads that are likely to be popular, I'm sure I'd have much more karma.
- pmichaud 16y agoThe issue with that is when people post ASk HN stuff anonymously, which I think is valuable. Maybe figure out a way to create anonymous posts that don't have the limitation?