Why I now, unfortunately, hate Hacker News..

Re:Why I now, unfortunately, hate Hacker News.. by mibbitier on Friday August 17, 2012 @01:57PM (#4397773)

Why not simply limit the size of the community? Heck charge a membership fee...

Making it invite only would have (IMHO) improved things a massive amount. Have people do a test to gain entry.

Any community that is free and open will just deteriorate over time.

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Re:Why I now, unfortunately, hate Hacker News.. by briandear on Friday August 17, 2012 @03:29PM (#4398298)

The problem with invite-only is that you get an exceptionally inbred set of ideas and it becomes little more than a self-congratulatory circle jerk.

I wouldn't mind a small membership fee which would confer voting rights.

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Re:Why I now, unfortunately, hate Hacker News.. by eli on Friday August 17, 2012 @04:04PM (#4398486)

Metafilter seems to be doing alright with its $5 membership fee, but then they also have pretty hands-on moderators (as opposed to community votes)

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