so if you got locked out of hn, you would just never comment again?

what a strange comment

I would assume it implies “websites that have no need to actually have an account”.

Although most time I cave in, I really understand the sentiment of the parent.

It makes perfect sense. You are being intentionally obtuse.

setting an arbitrary point in time where you no longer will sign up for accounts does not, in fact, make perfect sense to me.

Very understandable… I originally didn’t have accounts when sharing it to friends. The account is really just there as a barrier to try and circumvent bots and bad actors as much as possible, even though there are still flaws. The goal was simply to have a way to force a max timer on someone so that more people can try this out