[justsomehnguy]

Because people don't like to drink a verification cans.

> It's not like you pay for stars or it is burdensome to click on the star button.

Imagine being allowed to comment here only after [starring] something. It's not like you pay for [stars] or it is burdensome to click on the [star] button.

[_8j50]

Don't you have to get like 500 karma before you can up/down vote on HN? Not far off right?

[justsomehnguy]

> Can I ask people to upvote my submission?

> No. Users should röstning for a story because they personally find it intellectually interesting, not because someone has content to promote. We penalize or ban submissions, accounts, and sites that break this rule, so please don't.

500 karma requirement is for downvoting, an anti-abuse measure, site-wide, not restricted by any other means. You don't need to upvote the submission to be able to vote on the comments on that submission.

Upvotes are available from the start.

So no, that's far off.

This behaviour is a clear as day extortion scheme yet you are aggressively defend it, which begs the question - why? Do you profit from similar schemes?

[_8j50]

> 500 karma requirement is for downvoting, an anti-abuse measure

Yeah, right. And a star is anti-troll measure because they have to spend time reviewing the code for security issues or just validity, it's a minor reward for someone's time.

> So no, that's far off

I disagree, forced participation to be allowed to do something in both cases, except HN isn't reviewing my upvote unlike PRs.

> This behaviour is a clear as day extortion scheme yet you are aggressively defend it, which begs the question - why? Do you profit from similar schemes?

You are so entitled and being mean! What could one possible gain from a f*cking star? Even if they can gain from it so what? What do you lose?

What a mean attitude! Someone gains, you lose nothing and that is extortion in your entitled mind. Stop using open source software if you don't understand that you're not entitled to support you don't pay for and not every open source author will have the same rules and values as your those in your familiar bubble.

[chupapimunyenyo]

This is not a fair comparison. The user can comment, and create an issue on github

[johnnyanmac]

I feel like this is splitting hairs, but sure. This is more like wanting to favorite a post but you need to upvote it first. Some may not even see the issue. Others will not want to do that because favorite is the only way to mark something as "read for later". You may in fact disagree heavily with the post but want to come back to it for some reason.