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Wouldn't that stop a lot of people from getting involved here too?
by globalrev 18y ago
Wouldn't that stop a lot of people from getting involved here too?
- jedc 18y agoNot necessarily. I'm quite a newbie here, but have enjoyed the discussion already. Then again, I do specifically try to ignore your typical trolls/spammers.
- Prrometheus 18y agoIs a large number of people involved a good thing?
- benjamincanfly 18y agoI'm a little surprised that PG hasn't already capped the number of users. I think it would be great if user registration happened in seasons. I.e. every three months, there's a 48-hour period during which new people can sign up. The purpose of this would be to allow the site to retain a unique personality. If you constantly add new people, it's hard to know who's who and what we're doing here. Treat it more like a large and semi-exclusive collective, and give it a chance to center itself for a while before expanding again.
- Prrometheus 18y agoI like that idea. It would preserve the egalitarian internet spirit by allowing anyone to join, but prevent waves of new people from joining every time Hacker News gets publicized.