I think you should pay for them in karma points. 50-100 would do it. New members can still register and 'Ask YC', so they won't be penalised too much.

If you do that, please let people make polls as long as it won't reduce their karma below 1. What's the point of money if you can't spend all of it?

Give users the ability to post a poll every 100 points?

For existing users, just give them (karma mod 100) points, or don't do this to prevent the flood of new polls from occurring.

Can I be an editor? I voted that I'm in the top 5%.

Sorry, but people in power are rarely in the top 5% in intelligence. However, if it was popularity then sure! Everybody loves a pretty face.

I think you missed the irony. The fact that he voted himself in the top 5% almost ensures that he is in fact not (according to the original study... assuming I remember correctly)... so he would make a great Editor!

If only you were in the top 5% you would have noticed I was joking ;p

Edit: Oh come on. He's saying an editor would have blocked this poll. I posted the poll so I should be disqualified, but suggested that I be an editor. And based that on my own arrogant self-evaluation from within the poll that a good editor would (apparently) have blocked. And I didn't even say I am in the top 5%, only that I voted that way, which is a ridiculous way to assert intelligence.