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Re:Coming Soon to Hacker News: Pending Comments by n09n on Saturday March 22, 2014 @12:16PM (#7449607)
Why is important to encourage new users to comment? That, too, seems to be solving a problem that doesn't exist.
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Re:Coming Soon to Hacker News: Pending Comments by pbhjpbhj on Saturday March 22, 2014 @05:45PM (#7451049)
I'd ask the converse - why inhibit new users from commenting? They seem almost as likely to have a contributing comment as established users.

Not all accounts are new users of course.

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