Ask PG: No more new accounts at HN?
The option for creating an account seems to have been removed -- is this a temporary thing or a more permanent change?
A few months ago we really cracked down on spammers. Anyone who looks at /newest with showdead turned on has probably noticed the difference.
That said what if you turned up the requirements - for example a uuid in a TXT entry on a domain. I would be surprised if 75% of HN do not already own one and 90+ be capable of getting and managing one?
Presumably a throw away domain is more costly than a throw away email?
Likewise, anything I've posted on HN that even does well in comments becomes a bit of a spam magnet.
I really hope HN hasn't stopped accepting signups.
EDIT: In the unlikely event that signups are stopped forever, I wonder what an account would be worth on the black market?
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