[rvz]

> If you have ideas for how to fix this please do suggest them.

Raise the overall minimum required karma to 1100 such that any user with <1100 karma:

- Is throttled for 1 comment every 2 days.

- When commenting they can comment with a maximum of 40 characters in the text box.

- They cannot post links (if you post a link === [dead] comment).

- 90 day waiting period until the user can post submissions.

Job done.

[frm88]

They cannot post links (if you post a link === [dead] comment).

HN used to cite sources. A Lot. It's less now, but your 'problem-solved' proposition would ban new accounts from linking sources on principle, thus degrading their argument to the point of invalidity.

[brookst]

Probably leads to long term site death as fewer new people have the patience for that, and older users age out/die.

Who’s going to keep coming back to post one 40-char comment every two days?

It’s a real problem. Being able to pull in reputation from other sources might help: link established GitHub or (shudder) LinkedIn accounts? Or build the long-fantasized anonymous web of trust reputation thing?

[gus_massa]

A lot of times when an article gets popular, that author creates an account. Remember to use the vouch button to try to unkill the good comments.

[cyanclouds]

I’d never use it.

It already seems like most of the comments are that Simon guy and Chris Marshall NY lol. There’s like 10 people left who are allowed visibility.

Seems like the whole site will soon be [dead]

There are far more shill/bot comments that HN gets paid for btw (Claude, kagi, and that bs)

[brazukadev]

on that I will agree, simonw is the allowed AI spammer.

[JohnFen]

You may as well just ban new users altogether.