Ask HN: Should StackOverflow lower the rep amount required to comment?

Hey Everyone, If you don't know. StackOverflow requires that you have 50pts of rep to be able to leave a comment on someones question.

So for example. John Smith has posted a question about a PHP error:

"Hey guys, i'm getting an unspecified variable error on line 66, can you help me?"

To which my comment would be:

"Could you please post the some code?"

However, having less then 50pts makes this impossible. I then have to leave it as an answer, which not only seems to anger everybody on SO for not being a proper answer but also isn't what an answer section is used for.

So, What are you thoughts about this process? Do you agree or disagree? Care to elaborate?