>>tptace+(OP)
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
>>tptace+(OP)
That could be worked around, contributing could be invite only, but also allow a non-invited contributor to post but their post would be collapsed (or at a negative score) by default until an invited contributor voted it up.