Ask HN: Why does Keybase.io require karma 1?

3 points by tkeeler 6y ago ↗ HN

Just created my hackernews account and went to prove my identity with Keybase.io and received this message:

> ATTENTION: HackerNews only publishes users to their API who have karma > 1.

Does anyone know why this is the case? I'm curious to how they see this proving into identity... Or is it purely an abuse mechanism?

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mtmail 6y ago ↗

Keybase wants to link to active HN accounts, not those created an hour ago. I think that's understandable.

People where posting their hashes as new submissions which is not an acceptable way.