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Re:Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting by johnnyanmac on Sunday March 08, 2026 @05:29PM (#47301688)
I'm surprised posts aren't restricted a bit more. Maybe that's just my old school "lurk moar" mentality, but I feel like I really need to understand the vibes of a community before I start to contribute posts to it.
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Re:Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting by Barbing on Sunday March 08, 2026 @06:05PM (#47302066)
True

Mm, balancing against “long-time lurker, made an account just to post this”…

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Re:Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting by AnimalMuppet on Sunday March 08, 2026 @07:07PM (#47302602)
Yeah, exactly. Thirteen years ago, I was a lurker. No account, because why would I make an account just to read? But when I wanted to say something badly enough, I made an account. (I think the first thing I did is post an Ask HN about functional programming, so "no posting for X time" might have turned me away.)
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