Ironically, the reason this won't work is the same reason SOPA won't: proxies. HN is one of the largest gatherings of hackers anywhere; give us a break. That's

Ironically, the reason this won't work is the same reason SOPA won't: proxies. HN is one of the largest gatherings of hackers anywhere; give us a break. That's in addition to the fact that it's consensus that emails aren't worth a damn here. And also the fact that it would take significant wasted effort to implement. If PG did something like this, I'd lose all respect.