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> Deanonymizing them can cause them harm, ranging from getting fired to getting arrested to causing severe social strife. Luckily I committed no crimes, or I w

> Deanonymizing them can cause them harm, ranging from getting fired to getting arrested to causing severe social strife. Luckily I committed no crimes, or I would have had a hat trick. > Not your decision to make. There's actually a lot of debate and discussion about this issue; I am always surprised at the number and tenor of those who wholeheartedly support making this kind of decision.

RIMR 11y ago
>Luckily I committed no crimes, or I would have had a hat trick. Your secrets don't have to be criminal to be secrets.
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iwwr 11y ago
You can be an asshole even without breaking the law.
- mbrutsch 11y ago
  Thanks for illustrating that point so eloquently. Your example informs us all.
  - mbrutsch 11y ago
    You people downvote like redditors. It's sad.
    - TrevorJ 11y ago
      From the guidelines (to help explain why you are seeing the behavior you are seeing). "If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a common semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downvote you or declare that you'll probably get downvoted. "
      - mbrutsch 11y ago
        Let's see, 1772/365... nope, not less than a year old. Nice insult to new accounts, though, very Passive-aGgressive.
        TrevorJ 11y ago
        Oh brother.
        dang 11y ago
        You've been posting uncivil comments to HN lately (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10301570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10301570, in addition to this thread). Please re-read the site guidelines and follow them: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
        mbrutsch 11y ago
        I'd prefer you just delete my account, but I know you are not allowed to do that. I'll just try to forget my login, since apparently people are allowed to be "uncivil" to both me and newbies, but the same courtesy is not extended to me.

RIMR 11y ago

>Luckily I committed no crimes, or I would have had a hat trick. Your secrets don't have to be criminal to be secrets.

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iwwr 11y ago

You can be an asshole even without breaking the law.

mbrutsch 11y ago
Thanks for illustrating that point so eloquently. Your example informs us all.
- mbrutsch 11y ago
  You people downvote like redditors. It's sad.
  - TrevorJ 11y ago
    From the guidelines (to help explain why you are seeing the behavior you are seeing). "If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a common semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading. Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downvote you or declare that you'll probably get downvoted. "
    - mbrutsch 11y ago
      Let's see, 1772/365... nope, not less than a year old. Nice insult to new accounts, though, very Passive-aGgressive.
      - TrevorJ 11y ago
        Oh brother.
      - dang 11y ago
        You've been posting uncivil comments to HN lately (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10301570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10301570, in addition to this thread). Please re-read the site guidelines and follow them: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html
        mbrutsch 11y ago
        I'd prefer you just delete my account, but I know you are not allowed to do that. I'll just try to forget my login, since apparently people are allowed to be "uncivil" to both me and newbies, but the same courtesy is not extended to me.