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>>pg+(OP)
Make it invite-only to post threads/comments and quietly associate the inviter with the invited person.

>>Sargis+51
Thus ensuring that we don't get spontaneous comments from e.g. the UX guy at Zappos on that story about Zappos. A non-starter, I think.

>>tptace+c1
There will be pros and cons to every system. How else do you think we can decrease the growth rate of the HN userbase, which is probably the root cause of the decline in quality comments and threads