> Besides, if I've learned anything, I've learned that everything I believe about people's behavior is probably wrong. What do you mean by that? > If I'd had

> Besides, if I've learned anything, I've learned that everything I believe about people's behavior is probably wrong. What do you mean by that? > If I'd had to accumulate karma before submitting I wouldn't be here. Perhaps that's themain thing that bothers me about such barriers to entry. Many communities have these barriers and in the occasional situation where HN's submission quality suffers, it's partly due to the fact that people can submit links without limit. > I first came to this site when PG asked me to submit a link that I'd sent him. I believe most people come here to comment first, then later they discover how to post their own links. It's basic etiquette to find out more about a site's style first before imposing content on it like this. It's highly unusual for (non-spam) users that are not already part of a community to post an article. In your very very special case, this process was inverted because you were specifically invited. PG could easily have given your account a "free karma bonus" to allow you to post.