I am not making a huge claim, the omnipresence of abusive trolls is obvious to anyone who uses HN regularly. I don't plan on wasting hours doing firebase API calls to build a case you will handwave away.
It'd be nice if you responded to the suggestion that imposing more friction would shift some of the burden onto the trolls instead of the regular users. Currently they are able to keep posting even after being 'banned'. You're not even forcing them to go through the minimal effort of creating another account.
I have 'showdead' enabled because people often make valuable contributions that get flagged or hidden, and which I would miss otherwise. Since I have it on, I also see that abusive trolling from brand new accounts is very common. If you were actually banning them, then they wouldn't be able to keep posting and would be forced to set up new accounts.
It'd be nice if you responded to the suggestion that imposing more friction would shift some of the burden onto the trolls instead of the regular users. Currently they are able to keep posting even after being 'banned'. You're not even forcing them to go through the minimal effort of creating another account.
I have 'showdead' enabled because people often make valuable contributions that get flagged or hidden, and which I would miss otherwise. Since I have it on, I also see that abusive trolling from brand new accounts is very common. If you were actually banning them, then they wouldn't be able to keep posting and would be forced to set up new accounts.