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What has caused the spike in new users?
I don't know (the web server doesn't keep track of referring urls), but it started on thursday.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/04/2009-products-i-cant-li...
is there an IRC channel for HN?
Just my 2c
As a reddit convert myself, I'm terrified to post here. I hear that Paul Graham himself sometimes singles out dumb commenters and publicly ridicules them. ;-) Best to keep a low profile.
Besides, I'm sure Paul Graham wouldn't single out someone that has been trained in classical piano and seems to like Bach...
Curiously PG posting this gets 50 karma and counting, someone else posted a similar thing earlier in the week and got flagged dead. I don't want to see this topic regularly but maybe the guidelines could be made more prominent for new users?
Good idea. I should add some kind of welcome page.
If it clutters the interface, it could go away once you get 100 karma or so.
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Um... Did you look at who made this submission? :)
"pg"? Am I missing something?
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Except we can't downvote can we? at least not stories? (or is there a karma level for that?) (I am sure I am missing something obvious).
Nobody can downvote stories, but if they're violating the rules, high-karma users can flag them for deletion.
Is it possible to change your username somehow? I'd switch over to using first name/last initial or first initial/last name if it is. I like being held personally accountable for what I write here, and the real life conversation standard.