Ask HN: Would you pay $5/yr for HN?

Re:Ask HN: Would you pay $5/yr for HN? by chollida1 on Thursday February 05, 2009 @03:17PM (#468602)

So 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.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you pay $5/yr for HN? by jacquesm on Thursday February 05, 2009 @05:54PM (#468926)

Well, a truly elite hacker would simply hack their way past the block. You can check that one off as solved then.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you pay $5/yr for HN? by MaysonL on Thursday February 05, 2009 @03:27PM (#468623)

If she's an elite hacker, she already knows someone on HN, or could easily get to know someone...

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Re:Ask HN: Would you pay $5/yr for HN? by chollida1 on Thursday February 05, 2009 @04:54PM (#468808)

This 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.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you pay $5/yr for HN? by _b8r0 on Thursday February 05, 2009 @03:34PM (#468642)

Interesting that assume said elite hacker is female.

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