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I had assumed that the majority of accounts are created when the owner first wants to write a comment (or post a submission).

I wonder whether dang meant 1% of registered visitors, or 1% of visitors.



I remember originally registering in order to upvote, not to comment or submit. I'm not sure how common that is but it is a much less scary way to begin to contribute.


You can't vote until you have 500 karma


You can't downvote until you have 500 karma. You can upvote posts and comments right out of the gate, AFAIK.


confirmed - I just crossed the 500 line and the downvote triangle appeared below the upvote triangle


IIRC it was the latter.




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