Discussion on Restricting New Account Posting on Hacker News
By
Oras
The kind of bagel that ruins lesser bagels for you.
Summary
The article is a discussion about restricting new accounts from posting on Hacker News, with the author reflecting on their personal experience creating an HN account after a decade of lurking. They praise HN's simple account creation process but suggest that perhaps more 'proof of work' is needed to prevent spam or low-quality contributions from new accounts, expressing sadness about the current situation.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledPerhaps more proof of work is necessary, but it makes me sad.
I still remember creating my HN account. It stands out in my memory, because it was the smoothest, simplest, easiest, and quickest account creation of my life.
I had lurked here for around a decade before finally creating an account.
Any urge to participate was thwarted by my resistance toward creating accounts (I just hate account creation for some reason).
But HN's account creation process was a breath of fresh air. 'You mean it can be this easy? Why isn't it
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