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Stop signups and throw out bad users over time. That will stop the problem.
by petervandijck 16y ago
Stop signups and throw out bad users over time. That will stop the problem.
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- petervandijck 16y agoThere are already people in place there. Determining what is wrong for HN has been pg's job since the beginning. I'm not saying that signups should be closed, just saying that it would solve the problem of degrading comments. It might introduce other problems.
- mkr-hn 16y agoEveryone seems to have their own idea of what makes a bad user.
- JesseAldridge 16y agoMaybe, but I think most people would agree in most cases. "We're sorry, but our editors have voted to prevent you from commenting in the future. Please don't take this personally. It's not that your comments were bad necessarily, it's just that we didn't think they were a good fit for the community."