Comment by owenversteeg

Fact:

I used http://hn-karma-tracker.herokuapp.com/ to find the number of users with a karma over 927, and there are 5.1k. There are probably about 4.5-4.7k that have a karma over 1000, and that includes users that are no longer a part of the community for whatever reason (like aaronsw.)

Opinion:

I think this change will be restrictive to the community. If I have no idea whether a well researched, helpful comment I make will even be seen, I won't bother submitting it; I'll likely move to http://lobste.rs. If anyone wants an invite, email me@owenversteeg.com with a working implementation of FizzBuzz, your preferred email, and one reason you should be a part of the site.

tl;dr I don't feel like playing russian roulette with my comments.