[Osmium]

> dilute the purity of the community here

Careful now :) It's not like there's anything stopping HN attracting a wider audience anyway; there's no restriction on who can register. Anyone can come and join in, which (in my opinion) is as it should be.

[marcusmacinnes]

Of course. I'm not suggesting that there should be any limitations on who can join, but as the community moves more mainstream, quality will dilute. As the site is rather un-sexy right now, it seems to attract those who are genuinely interested. Remember what happened to Digg...

[Tsts]

Any1 can come, but if he has a different opinion than PG on politics, "he" gets silent banned.