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So what about making HN invitation only. I like the idea. The people who have contributed in the past could be autoinvited and could invite others as well (may
by BvS 18y ago
So what about making HN invitation only. I like the idea.
The people who have contributed in the past could be autoinvited and could invite others as well (maybe depending n karma -> 100 points -> 1 invitation... )
- comatose_kid 18y agoI think that it would lead to HN becoming quite insular and elitist. More pragmatically, I think discussion would suffer if we judged new entrants solely by whether or not 'good' contributors vetted them. This might inadvertently weed out people with differing viewpoints.
- chollida1 18y agoSo how would an elite hacker who knows no one currently on Hacker news join under your system. Seems like a pretty broken model to me.
- MaysonL 18y agoIf she's an elite hacker, she already knows someone on HN, or could easily get to know someone...
- iuguy 18y agoInteresting that assume said elite hacker is female.
- chollida1 18y agoThis just won't always be true. Consider an eleven year old hacker, he/she may be elite for their age level but are unlikely to know anyone on the site. Same for many of the elite hackers in countries like China and Russia.
- jacquesm 18y agoWell, a truly elite hacker would simply hack their way past the block. You can check that one off as solved then.