It&#x27;s the price we pay for anonymity—which, when necessary, is important—and for a low barrier to entry, which is what allows project creators to show up randomly and comment, often adding some of the best material to HN. Those things are so valuable that HN is willing to pay the price of trolls and other abuses  of new accounts. A general principle is that HN would rather tolerate bad things than miss out on good ones, as long as there are systems in place to deal with the bad things, like flagging and moderation.