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		Bud on Aug 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Captchas To Keep Idiots Out Of Comment Threads Er, HN already does limit access via arbitrarily-chosen tests of user quality. They just chose different tests. :) I don't think it'd be a 100% bad idea to implement some sort of knowledge-based testing, wire it up to varying levels of initial access/privs on a site, and see what happens, as an experiment. User privs could then evolve once the user had actually posted or commented or rated things.

eru on Aug 10, 2011 [–]

What are those tests? I haven't joined HN in ages (and then, only once), so I'm not up to date on the current procedures.

moheeb on Aug 10, 2011 | [–]

You have to come up with a username AND password!

pyre on Aug 11, 2011 | | [–]

Or remember your Facebook/Twitter/etc username/password.

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